Crouching tiger, hidden donkey
Chinese restaurant shut down, fined for spiked dish
BEIJING - The cat is out of the bag at a restaurant in northeast China that had been serving donkey meat spiked with tiger urine in pricey dishes advertised as endangered Siberian tigers.
Local media in Heilongjiang province got wind that the restaurant was offering stir-fried dishes and medicinal liquor made from tiger meat and bones, sparking local police and health inspectors to pounce, the China Daily said on Thursday.
“After inspection, the owner confessed that the so-called tiger meat was donkey meat that had been dressed with tiger urine to give the dish a ’special’ flavor,” the newspaper said.
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The restaurant had been charging as much as 800 yuan ($100) a dish for the illegal, “rare” fare, tapping into traditional Chinese belief that tiger meat has aphrodisiacal properties.
The restaurant was shut down and fined and the director of the nearby Hengdaohezi Siberian Tiger Park, China’s largest center for breeding the highly endangered animals, reassured the public there was no way meat from its big cats had made its way to the dinner table, the newspaper said.
Only a few hundred Siberian tigers are believed to be alive in the wild in their native habitats of northern China, southern Russia and parts of North Korea.
The report did not explain where the tiger urine had come from or how it was collected.
posted on September 9, 2005 07:32:39 PM new
Seriously, are they all that stupid that they think something's gained by eating Siberian tiger meat? I've also heard they go for dried rhino penis - that's it's suppose to make the men strong like rhinos. I mean, how stupid can people get?
posted on September 9, 2005 07:39:17 PM new
In answer to your question, Kraft:
carolinetyler
posted on September 9, 2005 07:13:32 AM
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I refuse to have anything to do with the thread by cmsspu on this subject - but I did want to give an opinion and find out others' thoughts on this.
Handing out $2,000 to people who don't exactly have a great background in how to handle money or budgeting may not be a great idea. Also the Red Cross cards will be an additional $600-$1,000. Probably more money than most have seen at one time.
I have not heard, and perhaps someone else has, of any financial counseling given to these people on how it would be best to spend it. i.e. Set aside some for a security deposit for rent/budget $$$ to try to get a used car., etc.
I believe a basic 1 - 2 hour class/lecture on personal finance a the shelter should be mandatory before being given these debit cards.
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posted on September 9, 2005 09:08:27 PM new
Mingotree, that's one hilarious thread! Yes, call you financial advisor to help you budget your $2000.00... ahahahahahahahah!!!!!
