Inside Out & Back Again Food Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Poem.Stanza)

Quote #10

I bite down on a thigh;
might as well bite down on
bread soaked in water. (3.4.14)

KFC isn't so finger lickin' good to Hà's family, which just goes to show that what a culture is used to eating is what tastes good to them, be it fish sauce or industrial farmed chicken.

Quote #11

The sugar has melted off
leaving
plump
moist
chewy
bites.

Hummm…

Not the same,
but not bad
at all. (3.56.8)

Finally Hà is beginning to accept the differences in food, and not judge what she eats based on whether it is the same, and instead on whether it is pleasant.