Thursday, June 25, 2009

Snake-bitten chicken banned

CHINA has placed a ban on one of its most controversial foods after thousands of angry complaints. The popular dish of chicken bitten to death by poisonous snakes has been removed from restaurant menus in the south of the country. The odd dish — which is supposedly a detoxing meal — has provoked outrage among Chinese media. A video showing a cook holding a snake and forcing it to bite a live chicken until it dies has been circulated on the internet to the disgust of many. One blogger wrote online: "Not only is it cruel and blood-thirsty, but totally amoral." Another added: "It's disgusting and really cruel." Health authorities in Guangdong have already told restaurants to stop serving the dish saying: "Although nobody has been poisoned, this at the very least is an irregular way of slaughtering poultry." Guangdong has attracted criticism in the past for its local delicacies which include monkey brains scooped from a live animal...TheSun

I take it this wasn't on the menu of the local Kung Fu KFC.

Got to wonder though, was this eaten by their female disc and hammer throwers?

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