Whenever we're far from home we're in the mood to try new things. One new thing we learned about was from a TV commercial we've seen many times. Here's a little snippet stolen from a googled article:

The latest iPhone commercials, featuring actors Samuel L. Jackson, John Malkovich and Zooey Deschanel, are entertaining enough — if you enjoy watching people talking to themselves.

In an ad called "Date Night," Jackson tells Siri, which plays the part of his personal digital assistant: "Find me a store that sells organic mushrooms for my risotto." The ever-quirky Deschanel, who seems to be more and more of a self-parody every time we see her, plays herself in another iPhone ad. "Is that rain?" she asks Siri, even though the answer is obvious. "Yes, it appears to be raining," the disembodied voice answers. Then Siri helps the pajamas-wearing actress find places to get tomato soup delivered.

In a third commercial, Malkovich, one of the greatest English-language actors, can only seem to speak in one-word sentences. Malkovich being Malkovich, lounging in his comfy chair, utters these question words in order: "Weather." "Evening." "Linguica." "Joke." Siri does her best to accommodate him, answering with the forecast, his schedule, places to eat Portuguese smoked sausage and the beginning of a funny story that leaves Malkovich in stitches: "Two iPhones walk into a bar. I forget the rest." Malkovich clearly believes that no one understands him as well as Siri does.

Needless to say, the commercial inspired Steve to google "linguica," and he found out all about the mild, smoked, Portuguese sausage. But, it wasn't until we happened upon the Portuguese/Italian booth at the nearby outdoor market in The Bastille that we asked about, and were shown, the real thing. So, we bought some and tried it. As you can see from the photo, it looks a little sketchy, but we can attest, it is very good!