Restaurant in Xi'an, China sells food that does not appeal to me

Mark Frauenfelder 1:28 pm Fri Dec 23, 2005

Picture 8-3 "Fish Head Casserole." "Nurtritious Beef Penis in Pot." "Nutritious Young Pigeon Casserole." If a gun were held to my head, I'd order the pigeon, but I'd rather take my changes with the Hai San Xian Casserole.
Link

Reader comment: M Otis Beard says: "I live in China… 'Hai San Xian Casserole' is made with shitty Chinese sausage (you don't want to go there), pig's organs (heart, tongue, possibly kidney), assorted vegetables, and occasionally some (tiny tiny dehydrated, not fresh) shrimp.

"The pigeon really isn't all that bad.

"What is MUCH MUCH WORSE is the practice of oil reclamation in Chinese restaurants. If you order a bunch of dishes (which is typically how Chinese people eat) but don't eat everything, your leavings will usually end up in a big bucket, which is later collected by a worker. Your leftovers either go to make pig swill, or (far too often) the uneaten food has the oil extracted from it, and this oil is then sold to restaurants at a much cheaper price than good fresh store-bought oil goes for. Not every restaurant does this, but it isn't at all uncommon."

Amazon used a China firm on U.S. blacklist for thermal cameras to monitor workers for COVID-19 fever

• Amazon's new Chinese thermal spycam vendor was blacklisted by U.S. over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities READ THE REST
Financial Times journalist Mark Di Stefano accused of accessing private Zoom meetings, then publishing the information

Mark Di Stefano of the Financial Times is accused by The Independent of accessing private Zoom meetings held by The Independent and The Evening Standard as journalists were learning how… READ THE REST
Hackers tried to break into WHO, which faces more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks

Hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, Reuters reports. Security experts blame an advanced cyber-espionage hacker group known as DarkHotel.… READ THE REST
Short Post, just one paragraph

Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager

We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds

While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST