Alinea 2, 3 en 4 ontbreken in de tekst 'My fate is sealed'. Ze staan hieronder, maar niet in de juiste volgorde:
[a] And speaking of this material, let me tell you the technical term for that little plastic ring-pull beneath the cap on a bottle of soy or oyster sauce, the one that is too small to get your finger into, so you use a chopstick to pull it up, and you break both the chopstick and the plastic ring. The technical term is very, very colourful - at my place, at least.
[b] A simple can of beetroot? You need a health and safety officer standing by, just in case. I place the can on a sheet of paper towel and a tray before stealthily approaching it with the can opener, but still end up with a massacre on my hands.
[c] Ditto those sealed packs of prosciutto: they lead to yet another battlefield. Which is the magic corner with the lift-up tab? I have yet to find it. Does it even exist? Instead, I stab at the plastic with a sharp knife, which means having to re-seal the leftovers in plastic wrap. Which means opening the box of plastic wrap without maiming myself again.
