Chinese food 'made from cardboard'

CNN ^ | 7/12/2007 | CNN

[Red in Blue PA]

BEIJING, China (AP) -- Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.

[Petronski]

I bet it’s better than ramen.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Low calorie, with lots of fiber.

People would pay extra for that here.

:^]

[TexasCajun]

In other news:

Housing shortage for Beijing homeless.

[txroadhawg]

cardboard is a North Korean delicacy

[flashbunny]

They must have supplied the cafeteria at the high school I went to.

[Red in Blue PA]

LOL!

[Major Matt Mason]

So, is this an upgrade from cats and dogs?

[Jaysun]

I guess the Chinese will eat (and try to feed others) anything.

[traderrob6]

These folks obviously haven’t eaten rice cakes lately.

[PeterFinn]

I thought those noodles I ate last night were a little bland, but geez!!!!

[RexBeach]

I love their cardboard egg rolls. Great ruffage!

[Noumenon]

Next up: cheese-flavored packing peanuts dyed yellow. Should be a big hit.

[The Old Hoosier]

“You can always cheat a foreigner.”

—Chinese Proverb

[weegee]

So who is going to write the modern version of “The Jungle” to address the horrors of the global food production cycle?

Who’s going to stage the modern version of “The Crucible” to tackle Nifongism?

Our government sold us out and abused its power.

[dblshot]

What kind of box does it come in?

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Just another day in Communist China.

Why we keep trading with these commies is nonsense.

[Kenton]

I think I got one of these out of the sandwich machine at work this afternoon.

[Clam Digger]

Now the homeless can have a home and eat it too.

[johnny7]

“Let them eat... cardboard”.

[Clam Digger]

ROFL! That’s damn funny!

An edible box, apparently.

[netmilsmom]

Reminds me of when Irwin Mainway took charge of the local school district’s lunch menu and stuffed the ravioli with chalk on SNL.

[Calpernia]

ping

[BlueStateRefugee]

I think Frito-Lays has a patent on those, only they are dyed orange.

[Aquinasfan]

They must have supplied the cafeteria at the high school I went to.

LOL! Anyone remember the "tomato needles" in the American Chop Suey? They were always a treat, especially when they pierced the roof of your mouth.

[Polyxene]

With all of this information coming out about China, i.e., tainted food, counterfeit water, polluted air, the Olympics next year are going to be something to definitely MISS! I would be very afraid, especially if I were an athlete.

[vox humana]

Now you know why you get hungry only an hour after eating Chinese food.

[Sun]

We need to demand that we are informed as to which products are from China, and which our not.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

At least they are being honest about their food being made from cardboard. How much food have we all had during our entire lifetimes that seem to be made from cardboard?

[Red Badger]

PETA would be proud........

[Greg F]

Just in: Steamed bun manufacturers executed. Coffins made of leaves dyed brown fall apart on the way to the organ extraction factory. Coffin manufacturers executed.

In a related story, 37 lymph nodes are available for immediate purchse, 3,200 yen/per node.

[Ender Wiggin]

Some places have a history of adulteration. That’s why Connecticut is nicknamed The Wooden Nutmeg State.

I read about milk adulteration in Boston; someone diluted milk with water and added ground labm brain to add back in consistency. (http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Adulteration says this is fable, though)

I also read about continuing problems with Chianti in Italy being cut with all sorts of things.

The USG puts out rumors of prescription drug adulteration from Canadian online pharmacies.

I wonder why the consistent news drumbeat about Chinese adulteration? That would never have happed in the Clinton Admin even when tons of HFCS was being imported as “honey”. Someone wishes the topic to be current.

[Red Badger]

As long as it wasn’t from a litterbox.........

[Mountain Troll]

Soylent Grey is made of cardboard?.

[Greg F]

LOL. With soy sauce and MSG anything is tasty!

[Sender]

“All warfare is based on deception.” -Sun Tzu

[martin gibson]

Our government sold us out and abused its power...

amen, brother ben...

[ichabod1]

No. There are no cats or dogs left.

[FlashBack]

Those frozen pizzas come to mind....

[50sDad]

“Cardboard? You had CARDBOARD? All we had to eat while we were growing up was damp stones. We would have danced around in joy for carboard!”

[gcruse]

Mmmm...cardboard.
Goes best with a snifter of 1987 Castroil.

[maryz]

Actually, wasn’t there a bread sold here a while back (well a couple of decades) that claimed as its selling point that it was mainly wood cellulose? High fiber! Can’t remember the name of it.

[Ladysmith]

HA! Now that’s funny!

[Holicheese]

Same thing going on with the 8-ball I bought last weekend. The bastard cut it with baby laxative. I needed a new pair of boxers!

(The following story you read is untrue. There is no truth to any part of the story. Please do not get mad at me and send me hateful pings)

[VeritatisSplendor]

Revolting milk story: In the 18th c. the Marquess of Queensberry, an ancient and probably diseased lothario, took baths in milk - and being a thrifty sort, sold it back for resale.

Informed consumers in London at that time bought their milk directly from the cow and watched the milk maid squirt it in the pail.

Mrs VS

[50sDad]

In a related story, 37 lymph nodes are available for immediate purchse, 3,200 yen/per node.

You may well laugh! Larry Niven had a future in which ()quite sensibly) capital felons were dissected and used to feed the organbanks. Makes sense...quarts of blood, a heart, two good kidneys...what should go to waste. Problem became, the "average citizen" discovered he LIKED living healthy until 100, so the number of capital crimes just goes up, up, up until spitting on the sidewalk will get you sent to the organ banks (in bits.)

[Polyxene]

Reminds me of that old “Hee Haw” schtick:

“Hey, Grampa, what’s for supper?” Then Grandpa Jones would rattle off his weird rhyming menu!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Actually, wasn’t there a bread sold here a while back (well a couple of decades) that claimed as its selling point that it was mainly wood cellulose? High fiber! Can’t remember the name of it.

I remember that.

I also remember another bread company being fined for selling low calorie bread.

It was lower-calorie simply because the slices were thinner.

[netmilsmom]

We had to go and live in the Lake.

[Jimmy Valentine]

“You can always cheat a foreigner.” —Chinese Proverb

Very nice!

Here is one from theFrench;

"En garde a la Chinoiserie!"