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We made ginger and chicken stir-fry on Tuesday (some of my fingernails are still yellow from the turmeric) and had another episode of Ernie Tries to Use Big Words With Limited Success.
Me: Please scrub that really well, salmonella is not nice.
Ernie: Oh, I know, my mom got it once.
Mother-in-law: I got what once?
Ernie: Sama...salamanana...thingy. From raw chicken.
Mother-in-law: Oh, salmonella.
Ernie: Yes. Sumalaria.
green_tea_lady: Sumalaria?
Ernie: *laughs* Wait, I said it wrong. Sumalaria's, like...a country in Africa, or something.
green_tea_lady: You mean malaria?
Ernie: Yeah.
green_tea_lady: Malaria's a disease.
Me: Which is unfortunately very common in Africa, though I don't think they've named a country after it quite yet.
Ernie: *laughs and hits head* Where did I come up with that?
Mother-in-law: Maybe it's better if we don't ask.
Me: Please scrub that really well, salmonella is not nice.
Ernie: Oh, I know, my mom got it once.
Mother-in-law: I got what once?
Ernie: Sama...salamanana...thingy. From raw chicken.
Mother-in-law: Oh, salmonella.
Ernie: Yes. Sumalaria.
green_tea_lady: Sumalaria?
Ernie: *laughs* Wait, I said it wrong. Sumalaria's, like...a country in Africa, or something.
green_tea_lady: You mean malaria?
Ernie: Yeah.
green_tea_lady: Malaria's a disease.
Me: Which is unfortunately very common in Africa, though I don't think they've named a country after it quite yet.
Ernie: *laughs and hits head* Where did I come up with that?
Mother-in-law: Maybe it's better if we don't ask.