Re: Your Favorite Foods...What you like to eat
Dude, the myth is that the off-the-road stuff are once in a while stuff and not everyday, not that we don’t eat it……
They got Thanksgiving down South? Thought it was just a NA thing…. But this is an international forum, so please be minded that not only is English the language of use, but also that Turkey is available only in North America, the rest of us having goose or duck.
But seriously, a dog is a delicacy…… not an everyday meal…. And I would be disgusted if people do treat it as such….
Koreans also eat dog, however.
A question: for those of you who personally know Chinese people who has eaten dogs, can you find anyone who has had dog more than once? It's not that it's not tasty. I've heard it's actually extremely tasty. But it's so exotic that no one gets a chance to try them often.
My uncle said that on a trip back in ’92, he loved it, but he eat too many dog meals back-to-back that he felt full for the next 10 years…
Even though I have not eaten dog, I left HK when I was really young. I remembered that dog meat have always been banned in HK. I was told that you need to traveled to the New Territories to have a dog fest. You do not eat your pet, I heard their only serve specially breed chow dog. Also it is expensive I heard. In HK they cook it like Cantonese Lamb stew. I remember a saying of how good it taste, it said "When the dog stew is stimmering, even the monks are tempted" or something like that.
Yea, you can find dog-food in NT. (I lived in the hills by Sheung Shui when I was young.) (Our neighbor’s old dog took off. But I thought it was a goat then…)
Yeap, you simmered it like goat. Star anise, ginger. In some case, with more serious herbs (Don’t know their English name, but I think it’s similar to the herbs used in Bah Gook Teh.)
I think the Monk saying has been around for a while.
Be advised: If your body is warm/hot/on fire (Chinese medical term 熱/熱氣)(like, you are prone to acne and pimples… even when you shouldn’t be) avoid/ don’t eat too much of the stuff. Your nose would get a rash, and if you are dating a Chinese, you can kiss her/her goodbye because no amount of makeup will cover your instant pimples AND your nose will become the Red River. (The saying goes that perverts nose bleeds when seeing a hottie…. Not even whistling is as indicative as a nose bleed.)
It is a freaking good body warmer though.
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I know the Catholics don’t eat meat on the last Friday of each month, but I have never heard that carnivores are banned…. Makes little sense if you ask me and plus, the Russians eat bear…
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Why’d they ban bird’s nest down there? It’s not killing anything…. Hasmak banned too?
Dried scallops are relatively cheap (But more expensive than dried shrimp.). I think you just dry fresh found scallops in the sun….. heavy sun….. definitely not here. Good delicate seafood flavor and springy texture. Don’t think they add anything, otherwise it would ruin the flavor.
2 hours South of here there is also a small abalone industry. And with a license, you can scuba and pick your own 24 abalone/year, 3 per trip….. Big abalones, but quality wise they aren’t that great…. No flavor….
