Is there anything Chinese people DON'T eat?

[Dari]

I've heard they eat cats, rats and dogs. I've heard they eat human fetuses and toenails. I've even heard they eat cardboards soaked in pig juice made from sewer water. I've seen them eat grilled earthworms. As for aphrodisiacs, if it's rare and/or endangered, they'll ingest it to make them more virile (see rhino, Siberian tiger, African elephant). You'd think 1.4b people is proof of virility.

Anyway, is there any animals that Chinese people do not eat?

 

[rsutoratosu]

that is massively gross.. i only eat chicken, steak/beef, sushi. I dont eat any of that weird stuff they got at dimsum and definitely not cardboard soaked in pig juice..

but when you're poor and have no food, you might resort to that.. look north korea..

 

[Newbian]

Anyway, is there any animals that Chinese people do not eat?

Animals are here to be tasty.

I see nothing wrong with that.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Cheese and peanut butter are not very popular there.

 

[yhelothar]

They don't eat cheese. It smells like toenail fungus to them. Apparently, toenails is the furthest they'd go!

Edit: beat by a few seconds.

 

[swanysto]

I know this is a small sample size, but the few Chinese people I have met over the year through school, work, or other friends seem to have the same story. It is mostly the poor who eat non typical animals like cats, dogs, rats, etc. I have never heard of them eating human stuff, so I never asked about that.

 

[Newbian]

Cheese and peanut butter are not very popular there.

Damn... maybe if someone comes up with a way to combine those two inside some meat of a rodent we could make millions. :awe:

 

[brainhulk]

panda express

 

[NutBucket]

I'll eat just about anything..or at least try just about anything. Its too bad I visited China before Bourdain and Zimmern or I would have an even better culinary experience. I can't wait to go to Singapore and sample all the stuff they have to offer.

I do however, draw the line at cat/dog/turtle. It does seem very arbitrary but it is what it is. Silk worms are delicious

EDIT: And yes, Chinese people typically don't eat cheese. I love cheese, the stinkier the better!

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

why waste food?

 

[Jimzz]

I know this is a small sample size, but the few Chinese people I have met over the year through school, work, or other friends seem to have the same story. It is mostly the poor who eat non typical animals like cats, dogs, rats, etc. I have never heard of them eating human stuff, so I never asked about that.

Yep I'm sure the OP and everyone else here would eat what they could to survive.

 

[gorcorps]

if you weren't supposed to eat the animals they wouldn't be made of food

 

[Newbian]

I do however, draw the line at cat/dog/turtle. It does seem very arbitrary but it is what it is. Silk worms are delicious

Two words... Turtle soup.

 

[Dari]

Yep I'm sure the OP and everyone else here would eat what they could to survive.

I was at this restaurant the other day. Would you eat #612? It's raw.

http://www.congeevillagerestaurants.com/contentimages/3509_menu2.pdf

 

[NutBucket]

Two words... Turtle soup.

Yeah, like I said, completely arbitrary. Maybe I have some weird notion of turtles being more helpless than other tasty animals I eat? Who knows. I'll probably eat it some day

 

[mmntech]

The virility stuff has always been nonsense but more so now that we have viagra. Heck get those side effects and you could be popping wood four hours and hours.

A lot of the weirder food seems to originate from the south and it mostly regulated to rural communities and back alley markets these days. Most Chinese people I know don't eat that stuff, though one friend really likes duck feet.

 

[Jimzz]

I was at this restaurant the other day. Would you eat #612? It's raw.

http://www.congeevillagerestaurants.com/contentimages/3509_menu2.pdf

"Simmered Duck Soup w. Chinese Herbs"

You do know what simmered means right?

 

[NutBucket]

LOL! Glad someone else read that and said WTF.

Ignorant Americans FTW!

 

[Newbian]

Yeah, like I said, completely arbitrary. Maybe I have some weird notion of turtles being more helpless than other tasty animals I eat? Who knows. I'll probably eat it some day

Most maybe but in America most soup I have seen is from snapping turtles and some of those can get huge and can bite your fingers off easy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_snapping_turtle

 

[Kelvrick]

LOL! Glad someone else read that and said WTF.

Ignorant Americans FTW!

Open thread, see OP, leave thread.

 

[randomrogue]

I've heard they eat cats, rats and dogs. I've heard they eat human fetuses and toenails. I've even heard they eat cardboards soaked in pig juice made from sewer water. I've seen them eat grilled earthworms. As for aphrodisiacs, if it's rare and/or endangered, they'll ingest it to make them more virile (see rhino, Siberian tiger, African elephant). You'd think 1.4b people is proof of virility.

Anyway, is there any animals that Chinese people do not eat?

When I was in China I ate just about anything. However typical Chinese don't and the stuff you mention is not something that a normal person would eat at all. Maybe if they're starving.

 

[Dari]

"Simmered Duck Soup w. Chinese Herbs"

You do know what simmered means right?

Does that look simmered to you?

 

[brainhulk]

 

[Dari]

When I was in China I ate just about anything. However typical Chinese don't and the stuff you mention is not something that a normal person would eat at all. Maybe if they're starving.

Pork is the national food of China. And scrupulous sellers of the meat put sewer water in the pigs to make them heavier so as to command a higher price. Here are others incidents...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8476080/Top-10-Chinese-Food-Scandals.html

 

[Jimzz]

Does that look simmered to you?

facepalm

Those are the ingredients in the picture not the final dish, its a soup.

Wow; could you be any more of an idiot?