Gerbail and Kalpana Krishnamurthy

“The one that made me sick was called 'hot dog.' I couldn't believe people eat the dogs.”

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Gerbail Krishnamurthy tells his daughter, Kalpana, about his first meal in America.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

Gerbail and Kalpana Krishnamurthy

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Krishnamurthy
Gerbail (Ger-ball) Krishnamurthy with his daughter Kalpana Krishnamurthy
5/30/04
Facilitator: Mejias, J?
Clip Length: 0:29
SC Web Post: 12/16/03
Broadcast: NPR ME 12/16/03

GK: I really didn’t want to eat beef so I started looking at all the names on the board in the restaurant. And the one board that made me sickening was called Hot Dog. I couldn’t believe how people eat the dogs. I didn’t want to order. I went on kept on going down the list. There was some hamburger so I actually ate hamburger without realizing it was beef.

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