A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:
Good morning. I'm A Martínez.
"Snakes On A Plane"? How about snakes on a pie? In Hong Kong, Pizza Hut teamed up with one of the city's oldest restaurants to offer a snake soup pizza. Some believe snake meat warms up the body, so it's a seasonal item. Tasters described it like, quote, "going to a rock concert with noise-canceling earphones. The flavors were muted and fleeting and a little dumbed down." Wow, that's a shame. But you know what I always say about the pizza biz. It ain't easy being cheesy.
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