Every few weeks, you'd hear some freaky news of dangerous and cancer-inducing fake foods coming from China. Today's news was just disgusting. Dried fish air bladder (花膠) is one of the traditional Chinese dried seafood delicacies. With Chinese new year coming up, this stuff is selling like hot cakes. According to Mingpao, some ingenious people came up with the idea of using rabbit ears to substitute for the much pricier air bladder. Apparently, after you dry the ears, they turn into the yellowish color. The article emphasizes several times that, at least, these rabbit ears are not harmful to health. Big comfort, eh? I'd puke if I knew I was eating rabbit ears.
Anyway, five tips to tell whether you have the real stuff or some bunny parts.
- If it has fur, it's definitely not fish.
- Has soft bones - only parts like ears have soft bones.
- Can see the ear tunnel.
- Can find holes that you believe might be where the rabbits eyes were.
- No seafood smell...
On related news, they recently studied some Peking ducks from Beijing. All the ducks passed the tests, but the sauce failed miserably. Some banned chemical sweetener was found in the about half the sauce, which can be harmful to your liver and nervous systems. My friends, just eat the duck plain.
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2/12/2007 4:32 PM
I think people should be thankful it is not some poisonous snakes or something. I still remember horror stories about putting laundry detergent in your pancakes to make it fluffy. It all comes down to Chinese people are just not trustworthy lol