Two Mineral water Bottles
Last Sunday, my daughter and her boy friend cooked an Italian dinner for the family with a very formal service menue on the table. The menue had it, Primo: Buccatini alla Carbonara (long hollow pasta tossed with crisp pancetta, fresh grated parmigiano cheese, Italian parsley and egg yolks. A Roman speciality favored by Sophia Loren). Secondi: Sicilian Salmon (Broilled salmon fillet glazed with lemon juice, crushed garlic and oregano). Insalata: Arugula, Gorgonzola and Pine Nut Salad (Arugula tossed with gorgonzola cheese, toasted pine nuts, extra virgin olive oil, and balsamic vinegar). Dolci: Pizzelle and Fresh Fruit (Traditional anisette-flavored cookies, served with fresh fruit on the side). we all enjoyed the elegantly prepared and served dinner. Of course, wine and mineral water were on the table.
After dinner, what cought my eyes were the two natural mineral water bottles. Upon closer look, the mineral waters were imported Italian products. One was a red-hued blue bottle with BlUE’ ITALY label. The other was a green bottle having a S.PELLEDRINO label. One blue and another green! The bottles let me had a kind of free-association, imagining that they represent the two main political factions in Taiwan. The Blue was in power for a little more than a-half century since the end of the WW II till the Year 2000. The other, the Green holds the government presently. The two factions are about even in numbers in the parliament(Legislative Yuen). But with those Independents thrown in, the Blue have some edge over the Green, and the Pan-Blues are making every effort to block measures put forth by the Cabinet, hindering effective governing of the country by the Green.
The green bottle is shorter than the blue one, though the capacities are equally 750 mL. The green bottle has a silver cap which is also green inside but the colors on its top are red topped with blue and a red star, of all things! The blue bottle has a blue color cap, but its’ inside is yellow!. May be I have read too much into the things, but while one can imagining things, it can be fun, even funny.