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Scorpion Kebab, Anyone? It's Fast Food Beijing Style....
The Daily Mail ^
| August 3, 2008
| By Geoffrey Wansell
Posted on 08/03/2008 7:34:26 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
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To: Clemenza
“natural resource development”
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Is that a euphamism for boobjob?
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posted on
08/03/2008 8:57:47 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Thig crioch air an t-saoghail, ach mairidh gaol 's ceol.)
To: mylife
I am gonna guess that the noxious aroma comes from the lye used to prepare the eggs. (The traditional recipe included wood ash - again the traditional way of making caustic soda):
Even though the traditional method is still widely practiced, modern understanding of the chemistry behind the formation of century eggs has led to many simplifications in the recipe. For instance soaking the eggs in a brine of salt and lye (Sodium hydroxide or Sodium carbonate) for 10 days followed by several weeks of aging while wrapped in plastic is said to achieve the same effect as the traditional method. This is true to the extent that egg curing in both new and traditional methods is accomplished by introducing alkali hydroxide ions and sodium into the egg.
To: mamelukesabre
If I can touch them, they are real to me.
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posted on
08/03/2008 8:58:38 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(McCain/Palin; Maverick and the MILF)
To: JoeDetweiler
Did the health department finally make them wash them before deep frying...
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posted on
08/03/2008 8:59:25 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
To: Grizzled Bear; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
08/03/2008 9:02:30 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: JoeDetweiler
One thing you can get right here in Oaklands Chinatown is deep fried chicken feet. I was gonna try em but I couldnt get anyone to tell me if youre supposed to eat em bones and all or just gnaw off the meat.Gnaw off the meat and spit out the bones (although I think it's considered impolite to literally spit them out with a big gob of saliva). The ones I've tried are in dim sum (Chinese hors d'oeuvres) places - they're fried and then slow-cooked in a savory sauce. The resulting product is a little gelatin-like but pretty tasty. It ain't dainty eating - given the continuous regurgitation of bones, but the product is pretty tasty.
To: tubebender
Didn’t think to ask.........but as someone who used to have a job counting the number of insect parts in food, I’m not overly sensitive.....
To: Clemenza
From the article: “Most people eat dog meat and donkey penis rarely, if at all”. That’s good to know that they aren’t gorging themselves on donkey penis.
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posted on
08/03/2008 10:24:13 PM PDT
by
boop
(Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
To: JACKRUSSELL
To: Zhang Fei; mylife
Go to Sweden and ask for
Lutfisk (Cod fermented in lye) or
Surströmming (fermented herring)
I've tried both. Just writing the names makes me gag.
Call me closed minded but given China's lack of food quality standards, I'm not touching their stuff.
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:15:17 AM PDT
by
rmlew
(Liberalism is like AIDS; it destroys the natural defenses of a nation or civilization.)
To: JACKRUSSELL
Yep. I went to China on business in early 2001. They really do eat some weird (and gross) stuff.
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:18:11 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Goodness me, goodness me, industrial disease...)
To: purpleraine
I’m not sure I even trust these photos. To my knowledge, dog has not been sold on Wangfujang in many many years. Even where dog is available, very few people eat it. Mostly what I see sold now in these markets is squid, lamb, chicken, or beef.
As far as the scorpions etc. go, this kind of thing is sold all over Asia. Taiwan is particularly known for bizarre food.
If I could eat anywhere in the world, it would be in China.
To: Grizzled Bear
Nope ..... don’t have to do such after SERE and Survival Schools !
The Olympic Team is alleged to be brown baggin their food due scares of certain additives that will cause their blood tests to fail during competition. Sneaky chinese recipe !
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posted on
08/04/2008 3:54:15 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Tamar1973
Re:
That T-shirt (......) upset Pamela The Vegan Anderson, apparently. Not as much as my... "Help stamp out STDs: Don't brake for Pamela Anderson" one.
54
posted on
08/04/2008 4:24:30 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: JACKRUSSELL
The Cantonese eat anything that has DNA.
To: Bender2; never4get
I may be in the minority...but I really have no issues with what animals and/or plants the persons of another country eat....it is something that is part of their culture and is not done to offend others.....so why should I care....just so long as they don't care about what I eat...?
I have to ask, is this pix for real...ya' just gotta love Jessica....too funny....
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posted on
08/04/2008 5:10:52 AM PDT
by
PigRigger
(Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
To: tubebender
I’ve watched a couple of these on the food network.
And people say we eat weird things in Texas.
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posted on
08/04/2008 5:58:51 AM PDT
by
SouthTexas
(Invert the 5-4 and you have no rights.)
To: JACKRUSSELL
What's the big deal?
After living in the Philippines and traveling over SE Asia for 5 1/2 years, these are actually pretty tame comparatively.
C'mon people, don't be so provincial. Remember, when in Rome............ </sarc>
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posted on
08/04/2008 6:09:28 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: JACKRUSSELL
I got one word for ya....
*HLORRRF!*
(That, for the uninitiated, is the sound one can make as you BARF.)
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posted on
08/04/2008 6:23:19 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(No surrender, no retreat, no quarter, no compromise...no kidding!)
To: compound w
I didn't exam all the booths. But we had beef in pocket bread with garlic and what looked like ilantro. Very tasty and about 70 cents US. Two of those were a good meal. Other times I had chicken, duck, and shrimp.
Our hotel was immediately south of where the booths ended. The government officials or police, couldn't tell would shut them down at night and supervise the cleaning of the booths and the handling of the food. Same process about 10 in the morning.
We had 4-5 meals there on the run and never had a problem or saw any unhealthy practices.
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