As if “Deep fried carp” didn’t sound delicious enough: a chef in Taiwan is serving it alive, presumably so diners can race to see if they can kill it through loss of its flesh due to their consumption or just good ole traditionally asphyxiation.
I scoured the youtube comments on these videos to find some “stupid ignorant asian assholes!” type rants and came up with nothin. interesting considering when I posted a video of me humanely (as quick as i possibly could, taking no relish in it) decapitating a rattle snake in my yard, I got over 100 “stupid ignorant American asshole” type comments. hmmm…
Oh wait, perfectly logical explanation for that right here: you can’t criticize non-white cultures:
It is not the first time that the Chinese have been criticised for their extreme eating habits.
Reports have claimed some restaurants offer monkey’s brains. Other dishes include rats, dogs, snakes, lizards and baby mice.
Last month Stephen Fry was criticised by the Chinese embassy after he singled out the Chinese culture as being the biggest threat to some endangered species.
“It is not very pleasant for us to single out a culture, but, if you care about lions and tigers and whales and sharks, it is the Far East and the way they eat, or the way they attempt to cure themselves, that seems to be the biggest threat,” he said.
A spokesman at the Chinese embassy responded: “I don’t think it is fair to accuse other cultures of having certain negative habits and traditions.
“We have our traditions, as the Spanish have bullfighting, and you, until recently, had foxhunting. We did not criticise you or the Spanish for this. Tiger bones for traditional medicine are now banned, to the suffering of the Chinese industry.”
Good point. eating an animal alive is exactly the same as killing it for sport. or something.