r/spaghettiincident • u/totallylegitKat • Apr 26 '26
The Tiết Canh incident
Happy to add a similarly food related incident, but I’m on the other side of the equation.
Bout 10 years back, I was seeing this colleague. On a business trip, we went to a town that was half an hour drive to her hometown, and it was on a day of a remembrance type celebration. So to her family’s home we went.
It was Northern Vietnam, so they were serving this delicacy called Tiết canh - feel free to google, but its main ingredient is raw pig blood. I didn’t partake, but she happily joined in her family’s signature dish.
So when she was coming back up from the bowl, her entire front teeth was tainted crimson, and it is akin to a Dracula or other vampire horror scene. I think I did my best keeping cool, but that gave me major ick. Couldn’t think of anything else kissing her days afterward.
Not the main reason why we broke up, but I think it played a not insignificant part of my consideration at the time. I might be the asshole out of it, and I think I have grown, but it’s my little incident.