Is there anything Chinese people DON'T eat?

[SagaLore]

I've even heard they eat cardboards soaked in pig juice made from sewer water.

wut

 

[gorcorps]

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

I'm not sure I'd consider cows and chicken any less helpless

 

[bigrash]

Lol

 

[randomrogue]

Dari is there anything the Russians won't eat? During the siege of Leningrad the people ate shoes, wallpaper, and dirt!

Dari is there anything the people of Uruguay won't eat? Their soccer team ate each other!

Dari is there anything that Americans won't eat? Jeffrey Daumer ate young gay men! Albert Fish ate penises that he cut off 6 year old boys!

Was just pointing out that your sample size leaves much to be desired when talking about an entire country.

 

[NutBucket]

I'm not sure I'd consider cows and chicken any less helpless

Like I keep saying, its complete arbitrary with no good explanation.

 

[Jeffg010]

I have eaten deer, bear, elk, rabbit, squirrel, pheasant, grouse, turkey, snake, and the one thing that matters when it comes to meat is how it is prepared. The best I ever had was bear it was so good because of how it was smoked and the sauce that was used. So as long as it is been prepared right I'll try any meat.

 

[Dari]

Dari is there anything the Russians won't eat? During the siege of Leningrad the people ate shoes, wallpaper, and dirt!

Dari is there anything the people of Uruguay won't eat? Their soccer team ate each other!

Dari is there anything that Americans won't eat? Jeffrey Daumer ate young gay men! Albert Fish ate penises that he cut off 6 year old boys!

Was just pointing out that your sample size leaves much to be desired when talking about an entire country.

When you find those things in restaurants then we can say that there is an equivalency. Otherwise, there isn't.

 

[TwiceOver]

We brought over a girl from China to work with us on a 3-year Visa. She's pretty awesome and all. People would bring in sweets to share and she would try it and always say "Too sweet, too sweet".

Now she is nearing her end and eats all sorts of cakes and candies that people bring.

 

[Dari]

wut

link

Chopped cardboard, softened in an industrial chemical and made tasty with pork flavoring, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in a Beijing neighborhood, state television said.

The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country's perennial problems with food safety despite continuing government efforts to improve the situation.

Countless small, often illegally run operations exist across China and make money cutting corners by using inexpensive ingredients or unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to regulate.

China Central Television's undercover investigation report features the shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns — called baozi — talking about how the product was sold in a neighborhood in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district.

The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not shown, into a ramshackle building where steamers are filled with the fluffy white buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork.

The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and piles of old furniture and cardboard on the ground.

"What's in the recipe?" the reporter asks. "Six to four," the man says.

"You mean 60 percent cardboard? What is the other 40 percent?" asks the reporter. "Fatty meat," the man replies.

The bun maker and his assistants then give a demonstration on how the product is made.

Squares of cardboard picked from the ground are first soaked to a pulp in a plastic basin of caustic soda — a chemical base commonly used in manufacturing paper and soap — then chopped into tiny morsels with a cleaver. Fatty pork and powdered seasoning are stirred in.

Soon, steaming servings of the buns appear on-screen. The reporter takes a bite.

"This baozi filling is kind of tough. Not much taste," he says. "Can other people taste the difference?"

"Most people can't. It fools the average person," the maker says. "I don't eat them myself."

 

[randomrogue]

When you find those things in restaurants then we can say that there is an equivalency. Otherwise, there isn't.

Have you been to China?

Cats, Rats, and Dogs - I saw Rat in Malaysia. They had giant rats there that were good enough for a 3 person meal. Dogs are in Vietnam. Beagles. I don't have a problem with any of these though. This is not controversial at all.

Human Fetus - The placenta is eaten in many cultures. Never once heard of anyone eating human fetus.

Toenails - News to me.

Cardboard soaked in pig juice made from sewer water - Yeah uh uh.

Grilled Earthworms - So?

Aphrodisiacs - Saw this a lot. I never saw the endangered stuff but they had tons of shops selling penis. Need a deer penis to cure your hiccups? No problem!



You might want to provide some links or real life experience.

 

[Newbian]

We brought over a girl from China to work with us on a 3-year Visa. She's pretty awesome and all. People would bring in sweets to share and she would try it and always say "Too sweet, too sweet".

Now she is nearing her end and eats all sorts of cakes and candies that people bring.

Pics? :awe:

 

[Dari]

Have you been to China?

Cats, Rats, and Dogs - I saw Rat in Malaysia. They had giant rats there that were good enough for a 3 person meal. Dogs are in Vietnam. Beagles. I don't have a problem with any of these though. This is not controversial at all.

Human Fetus - The placenta is eaten in many cultures. Never once heard of anyone eating human fetus.

Toenails - News to me.

Cardboard soaked in pig juice made from sewer water - Yeah uh uh.

Grilled Earthworms - So?

Aphrodisiacs - Saw this a lot. I never saw the endangered stuff but they had tons of shops selling penis. Need a deer penis to cure your hiccups? No problem!



You might want to provide some links or real life experience.

Yes, I've been to China. Also, I've provided several links in the thread.

 

[randomrogue]

Also, judging these things outside the context of their culture is no good. Americans don't eat blood. Most of the world does and there are several ways to prepare it. I didn't enjoy gelatinous boiled Duck blood in China but fried Pig Blood in Europe is pretty good.

In Singapore and Laos pig buttholes were on all the menus. Not my thing, but hey, who am I to judge?

 

[Dari]

Also, judging these things outside the context of their culture is no good. Americans don't eat blood. Most of the world does and there are several ways to prepare it. I didn't enjoy gelatinous boiled Duck blood in China but fried Pig Blood in Europe is pretty good.

In Singapore and Laos pig buttholes were on all the menus. Not my thing, but hey, who am I to judge?

Why can't I judge? Because you say so? Because I may hurt your feelings? Or theirs? Why should I give a fuck whose feelings I hurt? Also, why are you trying to justify some of these incidents via "the context of their culture"? Is it ok to fill a whole pig with sewer water in order to make it heavier and sell? Or eat a dead fetus? Could you put those two into context for me?

 

[Zeze]

Why can't I judge? Because you say so? Because I may hurt your feelings? Or theirs? Why should I give a fuck whose feelings I hurt? Also, why are you trying to justify some of these incidents via "the context of their culture"? Is it ok to fill a whole pig with sewer water in order to make it heavier and sell? Or eat a dead fetus? Could you put those two into context for me?

Posting in a Dari thread.

You have made quite a name for yourself here. I'm not surprised.

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Are you by chance friends with BlahBlahYouToo? (no hard feelings BBYT! )

 

[randomrogue]

Why can't I judge? Because you say so? Because I may hurt your feelings? Or theirs? Why should I give a fuck whose feelings I hurt? Also, why are you trying to justify some of these incidents via "the context of their culture"? Is it ok to fill a whole pig with sewer water in order to make it heavier and sell? Or eat a dead fetus? Could you put those two into context for me?

Sorry your first link actually crashed my computer so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now on the links since I can't see them.

Your beijing cardboard story is no different than a restaurant where I grew up getting caught shooting 'possums and putting them in Burritos. They got shut down twice for that before going out of business.

It's also no different than our use of wood pulp in food. Moral of the story is to watch what you eat.

 

[Dari]

Sorry your first link actually crashed my computer so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now on the links since I can't see them.

Your beijing cardboard story is no different than a restaurant where I grew up getting caught shooting 'possums and putting them in Burritos. They got shut down twice for that before going out of business.

It's also no different than our use of wood pulp in food. Moral of the story is to watch what you eat.

Kind of hard to do in china when the people there are so scrupulous. Fake rice? Fake grapes? Come on, man, something is seriously fucked up there. Government ministers have their own farms or import.

 

[Dari]

Granted, China isn't the only place with scrupulous vendors. When I was on assignment in West Africa, some of the bags of rice had rocks in it. Then again, I was in a WAR ZONE...

 

[Josh123]

They do some fucked up things over there in China. I saw an article of people skinning some raccoon dogs while they were still alive for their fur then tossing them out to die. Same thing with dogs/cats to be cooked.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

http://iifym.com/

just track your macros and you'll lose weight

 

[Slew Foot]

americans eat weird shit too. bull testicles, rattlesnakes, applebees...

 

[Soundmanred]

facepalm

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

Wow; could you be any more of an idiot?

I'll field this question for him, he must have missed it.
The answer is no. It's not possible.

 

[StinkyPinky]

One day you guys will leave your home state of hicksville and realize that 95% of chinese don't eat that shit and its usually just the poor.

That's like saying Americans loved to eat leather shoe soap during the depression because a couple of hicks from Indiana did it.

Seriously, get a freaking passport.

 

[Printer Bandit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb28IYXBi9A

 

[OBLAMA2009]

One day you guys will leave your home state of hicksville and realize that 95% of chinese don't eat that shit and its usually just the poor.

That's like saying Americans loved to eat leather shoe soap during the depression because a couple of hicks from Indiana did it.

Seriously, get a freaking passport.

the poor eat nasty things in this country too. they eat racoon, bear, squirrel etc...cuz its phree