I would like to kill my coworker.

[TZ]

So a whole bunch of us went out to sit down chinese for lunch today. I ordered Mongolian style chicken which is basically chicken stir fry in onions and veggies. Or so I thought. I'm sitting next to my coworker who spent a month living in China...I'm literally about to take a forkful in my mouth when he says "You know in China when you get Mongolian style chicken thats a code for dog meat.....":puke:
Needless to say I didn't eat much of my food especially after I noticed the Chicken (?) on my plate didn't look like the orange chicken on someone else's plate.
Oh and while I was there, I had to use the ladies room and while I'm in the stall, a older MAN comes in to use the sink and use the sink and use the sink. And he didn't even notice me when I came out of the stall...:eyes:
And on top of that it took over an hour to get our food.
Not what you'd call a great lunch....

[arbusto_baboso]

1. I avoid tofu because of what I saw on a trip to China a few years back.

Let's just say that most Chinese farmhouse are built with two stories, with the top floor being for human habitation, and the bottom being a bare concrete-floored area to shelter animals.

Most of those concrete-floored areas contain pigs.

In most of them, there are galvanized steel buckets in which pig shit is collected (as it is used for fertilizer). And in areas where people make their own tofu, they ALSO use galvanized steel buckets to ferment the soy bean curd.

My imagination can't get over what might happen if they get the buckets mixed-up...:puke:

[old mark]

4. Just rinse them ol' pig buckets out right ther in the river.....nt

[madinmaryland]

2. Nice post, Michael Vick!

I always wonder about "chicken" and other types of "meat" in some chinese restaurants.

:scared:

[Tyo]

10. So lemme get this straight....

You think it's possible that instead of getting chicken and meat from a local wholesaler a Chinese restaurant owner would take the time and trouble to obtain dogs, kill and butcher them, and make dishes using that meat in place of the more conventional options. These dishes would then be served, almost certainly illegally, to people who the owner knew full well would be revolted if they discovered what they were eating. The owner would also be aware that his business would be toast if he were found out and that he might very well end up in jail. Right. Makes sense to me.

Now excuse me but I just spotted a cat walking across our parking lot. I'd better go grab him before he wanders off. We could use a little protein in tonight's stir fry.:sarcasm:

[Kali]

16. ...

hey, we don't need no stinking critical thinking or common sense

[madinmaryland]

20. Sheesh, Louise! Lighten up.

Sorry if I offended you.

[Turbineguy]

21. Actually....

in the mid 70's an Italian restaurant in the Bay Area was found to serve dog meat. But yes, your points are valid. There are hard ways to do things and easy ways. Using chicken is the easy way and using dog meat the hard way.

[Tyo]

23. Got to be aware in those Italian restaurants, that's for sure

I hear that they have a thing for the meat of baby cows, which are taken from their mothers shortly after birth and tortured before they are finally offed and butchered. I guess they put it in all sorts of stuff. I'd take a long look at what's in that marsala.

[gmoney]

29. People are idiots and cheap

Last I heard, you can get all the free dogs and cats you want... shelters, streets, backyards, Craigslist... would not surprise me one bit if I've had a little dog or cat meat while thinking I was getting chicken or beef at some of these "family owned" restaurants, regardless of ethnicity.

A couple years ago, a local Chinese restaurant was heavily fined (or maybe shut down) because they were doing some weird practice of taking whole chickens to the parking lot, putting them between two chunks of plywood, and driving a car over them. Not sure if that made the meat more tender, or made it easier to debone, or what.

If you want proof of how idiotic and "ingenious" people are, check out "There, I Fixed It" http://thereifixedit.com

[gmoney]

35. Proof?

[Deep13]

3. Pretty sure Chinese restaurants in America don't use dogs.

"In China..." WHERE in China? I don't doubt that some eat dog over there. When protein is scarce one cannot be too picky. But why would they have a code-word for it as though it was illegal?

[old mark]

5. From what little I have seen about eating dogs, the Chinese

advertise it, not try to hide it - they have special dog meat restaurants selling "Fragrant Dog Meat Stew" and like that.

Some people in the Philippines eat dogs, too...supposedly, you feed them only rice and water for a few weeks...the partially digested rice in the cooked dog's gut is supposed to be the best part....


mark

[KamaAina]

6. This from the people who gave us balut: "the treat with feet".

Fertilized duck eggs, complete with not-quite-duckling. This delicacy* is on sale no more than three blocks from this very cubicle. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[SacredCow]

11. My dad is about as an adventurous eater as they come....

but when he saw balut overseas while he was in the Navy... It grossed even HIM out.

[backtoblue]

I saw people eating those on fear factor

I rarely gag at things, but the half developed duck babies did it.... gross, just nasty

[backtoblue]

24. Oops, I posted it again.

[old mark]

28. Well, it's not for everybody, I guess........nt

[raccoon]

7. Your co-worker sounds like a real turrrrrrrr--key. nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. don't you just love it

when someone says something gross during a meal?

I will hold this person down if you want you pummel her/him around the head and sholders.

[rcrush]

9. Its weird I've never been grossed out during a meal

You could say whatever you want to me and nothing will stop me from shoveling food into my face. NOTHING

[Forkboy]

13. I'm the same way.

I can make my friend stop eating just by hawking up a good loogy, but you could puke right beside me while I'm eating and I'd just scoot over and finish my meal. :)

[rcrush]

15. You could say my hamburger is made from babies

And I'll just keep eating and say MMMMMMM Thats good baby!

[Ikonoklast]

18. You mean it isn't?

Maybe I was thinking about The Other White Meat.

I always got a kick out of that ad campaign; all I could think of every time I heard it was "they must mean 'Human'".

[IcyPeas]

12. that's very rude to say to someone.

Debbie Downer?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. In some societies, "Mongolian Chicken" is code for

"chopped co-worker who can't keep his mouth shut"

Nice of him to ruin your meal.

Next group lunch, I know who you won't be sitting near.

:hi:

[baldguy]

17. Believe it or not, they do understand the concept of "truth in advertising" in China.

They don't need any code sell dogs for meat. If a restaurant sells dog, they put "dog" on the menu.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

19. Snake, too -

the number of snake restaurants you see in Chinese cities is phenomenal. The stuff in the windows of some of them is hard to take.

Hong Kong has a whole street devoted to snake cuisine.

The Chinese people are NOT shy about what they're eating, and the concerns of the outsiders are not their problem................

[Javaman]

22. SOYLENT GREEN IS MONGOLIAN STYLE CHICKEN!!!!

Huh, it tastes like dog.

[Captain Hilts]

25. You were eating. You had the tools to do the deed in your hands. Why did you hesitate?

[Tyo]

26. A chopstick through the heart. Quick and neat. n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

27. Purchase a single set of earplugs. Then take him to a Nickleback concert.

See, problem solved.

[madinmaryland]

30. A Rush concert works just as well!

:evilgrin:

[TZ]

32. nice post Creekdog

:eyes:

[Fire Walk With Me]

37. ...

:P

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[lizerdbits]

33. You should come to our lunch room

where we talk about what we saw on Dr. G Medical Examiner or some ER show during lunch. Some of us were surprised that others didn't like to hear about guts while eating. Weird.

[jeff30997]

34. All that talk about food...

reminded me that I forgot to eat.Mmmm So hungry I would gladly eat dog-food.But not Dog meat
you gullible twits ! (That last remark was only for genuine gullible twits)

[alarimer]

36. I want to kill mine too.

Maybe we can do a trade, like in that movie.

Mine is just infuriating in far too many ways to list.

[dugaresa]

38. I think it is very bad manners to comment on people's food choices

or while they are eating.

People do it even with common foods like yogurt or broccoli.

"ewwww, you eat yogurt, it is so <insert stupid comment>"

I think that people who make these comments are immature and they don't realize how stupid it makes them look.

[Wapsie B]

39. So is he dead yet?

:P

[TZ]

40. lol

Yeah but I've taken to calling him "teh devil"