Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 47th Edition
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I swear he was replying in English!Originally posted by fudgester:You are speaking English....
... he just interprets it as Greek.
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the babelfish only working 1 directionalOriginally posted by elindra:I swear he was replying in English!
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Perhaps in his mind, it's all Greek to him.Originally posted by elindra:I swear he was replying in English! -
Report: Cardboard main ingredient in steamed buns sold as Beijing street food BEIJING (AP) - Chopped cardboard, softened in an industrial chemical and made tasty with pork flavoring, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in a Beijing neighborhood, state television said.
The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country's perennial problems with food safety despite continuing government efforts to improve the situation.
Countless small, often illegally run operations exist across China and make money cutting corners by using inexpensive ingredients or unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to regulate.
China Central Television's undercover investigation report features the shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns _ called baozi _ talking about how the product was sold in a neighborhood in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district.
The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not shown, into a ramshackle building where steamers are filled with the fluffy white buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork.
The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and piles of old furniture and cardboard on the ground.
"What's in the recipe?'' the reporter asks. "Six to four,'' the man says.
"You mean 60 percent cardboard? What is the other 40 percent?'' asks the reporter. "Fatty meat,'' the man replies.
The bun maker and his assistants then give a demonstration on how the product is made. Squares of cardboard picked from the ground are first soaked to a pulp in a plastic basin of caustic soda _ a chemical base commonly used in manufacturing paper and soap _ then chopped into tiny morsels with a cleaver. Fatty pork and powdered seasoning are stirred in.
Soon, steaming servings of the buns appear on-screen. The reporter takes a bite.
"This baozi filling is kind of tough. Not much taste,'' he says. "Can other people taste the difference?''
"Most people can't. It fools the average person,'' the maker says. "I don't eat them myself.''
The police eventually show up and shut down the operation.
Just received this in my company's email.
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The mainland chinese are sociopaths
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how come i have a sense of deja vu.
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I feel like throwing up now
Heck it makes me want to tabao instant noodles from SG if I ever go to China -
I'd like to ask you guys....
When I meet up with you guys.... do you guys feel that I appear a little.... mechanical and robotic in my actions?
My co-workers think so... and my supervisors keep telling me to 'loosen up a bit'. -
Waa...so skillful....to convert cardboard to taste like bak pao.
Tsk..tsk.. -
i reat sth bout the pm lee son's issue.
apaprently, he kena screwed for something that wasn't his fault, thats why he went to blast the whole system. -
No need lah...just eat at those small shops that cooks the food and veges right in front of your eyes....like zhi char stall.Originally posted by elindra:I feel like throwing up now
Heck it makes me want to tabao instant noodles from SG if I ever go to China -
the email was sent to me from a ship captain.
i wonder whether its because he's docking there. -
hehehehhe can be potentially good diet programOriginally posted by Wanda:Waa...so skillful....to convert cardboard to taste like bak pao.
Tsk..tsk..
eat all the char siew bao u want!!! all u will absorb will be fibre!!!
they need to do something abt the caustic soda though. -
go china eat restaurant.Originally posted by Wanda:No need lah...just eat at those small shops that cooks the food and veges right in front of your eyes....like zhi char stall.
for our money, go there can eat very good food. -
more like serious. but nothing wrong about it.Originally posted by fudgester:I'd like to ask you guys....
When I meet up with you guys.... do you guys feel that I appear a little.... mechanical and robotic in my actions?
My co-workers think so... and my supervisors keep telling me to 'loosen up a bit'. -
do the robotic dance ....... they sure kowtow to uOriginally posted by fudgester:I'd like to ask you guys....
When I meet up with you guys.... do you guys feel that I appear a little.... mechanical and robotic in my actions?
My co-workers think so... and my supervisors keep telling me to 'loosen up a bit'. -
is it any wonder you like doing the robot dance?Originally posted by fudgester:I'd like to ask you guys....
When I meet up with you guys.... do you guys feel that I appear a little.... mechanical and robotic in my actions?
My co-workers think so... and my supervisors keep telling me to 'loosen up a bit'. -
But you won't know if the eggs are counterfeit even if they cook in front of youOriginally posted by Wanda:No need lah...just eat at those small shops that cooks the food and veges right in front of your eyes....like zhi char stall.
Or if the vege or meat is some weird chemical substance or if the pork was processed from pigs which ate sewage water or have been pumped up with hormones and antibiotics >< -
haha..Originally posted by elindra:I feel like throwing up now
Heck it makes me want to tabao instant noodles from SG if I ever go to China
just as long you don't eat at those roadside stalls.. you should be quite safe la.. -
wat's next? bao(4)zi(3) zhou de bao(1)zi(3)?!
*buns made of newspaper
tat would surely make it to the news....
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the news is in today's today.Originally posted by stellazio:Report: Cardboard main ingredient in steamed buns sold as Beijing street food BEIJING (AP) - Chopped cardboard, softened in an industrial chemical and made tasty with pork flavoring, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in a Beijing neighborhood, state television said.
The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country's perennial problems with food safety despite continuing government efforts to improve the situation.
Countless small, often illegally run operations exist across China and make money cutting corners by using inexpensive ingredients or unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to regulate.
China Central Television's undercover investigation report features the shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns _ called baozi _ talking about how the product was sold in a neighborhood in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district.
The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not shown, into a ramshackle building where steamers are filled with the fluffy white buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork.
The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and piles of old furniture and cardboard on the ground.
"What's in the recipe?'' the reporter asks. "Six to four,'' the man says.
"You mean 60 percent cardboard? What is the other 40 percent?'' asks the reporter. "Fatty meat,'' the man replies.
The bun maker and his assistants then give a demonstration on how the product is made. Squares of cardboard picked from the ground are first soaked to a pulp in a plastic basin of caustic soda _ a chemical base commonly used in manufacturing paper and soap _ then chopped into tiny morsels with a cleaver. Fatty pork and powdered seasoning are stirred in.
Soon, steaming servings of the buns appear on-screen. The reporter takes a bite.
"This baozi filling is kind of tough. Not much taste,'' he says. "Can other people taste the difference?''
"Most people can't. It fools the average person,'' the maker says. "I don't eat them myself.''
The police eventually show up and shut down the operation.
Just received this in my company's email.
and stella, don't assume even the resturants are safe -
mechanical or robotic?Originally posted by fudgester:I'd like to ask you guys....
When I meet up with you guys.... do you guys feel that I appear a little.... mechanical and robotic in my actions?
My co-workers think so... and my supervisors keep telling me to 'loosen up a bit'.
No la a tad serious maybe -
nah, they give u a bao made of clay dough.Originally posted by tare:wat's next? bao(4)zi(3) zhou de bao(1)zi(3)?!
*buns made of newspaper
tat would surely make it to the news.... -
We don't eat restaurant food here everyday...so when we travel in places with Chinese food, we also eat the local jia1 chang2 bian4 fan4. The farming community will have their own version of jia1 xiang1 fan4...oh no, thinking about it makes me miss their potato dish and chilli paste.Originally posted by stellazio:go china eat restaurant.
for our money, go there can eat very good food. 
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but its probably ur best bet if your going there for business.Originally posted by hisoka:the news is in today's today.
and stella, don't assume even the resturants are safe