Cooked Foetus: A Delicacy?
Baby, Child, Health, others, Parenting November 14th, 2008
Hey friends, you know I love all of you so much. I have said that so many times and I meant it. The last thing I want to do is make you nice people puke or lose appetite….but I just had to share this !@#$%^&%$# with you. I can’t even find a word to describe this!
Ok here goes…My friend emailed this to me:-
A reporter was the writer of the email. It was written in Mandarin, so here’s the summary of what I read.
There is a restaurant in GuangZhou, China, which served a tonic soup cooked with foetus!!! They call it “Pai Gu” (‘Ribs’ in Mandarin).
Normally, the foetus served on the table is usually 6 to 7 months old. It is cooked or rather brewed with many chinese tonics (which I’m not interested to state here cos’ I don’t know the English names for all those tonics) for 8 long hours.
The soup is believed to boost fertility. A 62 years old man was ‘promoting’ how incredible the effect of the soup was on his sexual life, that even at this old age, he was able to ‘perform’ daily!
The soup is ‘most beneficial’ when its boiled with fresh foetus. They had already been informed by a foreign couple working in China, who are blessed with 2 daughters, that if their 3rd child (in the tummy) is still a girl, after the ultra-scan had confirmed it, then they would sell it to the restaurant. They are hoping for a boy…..
The foetus in the photos (below) was from a village friend of the chef. The price paid for this foetus was not disclosed.
The midwife gets paid for this inhumane act too. The price varies with the age of the foetus. For a 5month old foetus, the midwife is given a few hundred RMB. For foetus carried to Full Term, an award of 2000RMB is given to the parents.
The soup is served for a price of 3500-4000 RMB in the restaurant. Use the Currency Converter to find out how much is that in your own currency. Choose ‘Chinese Yuan’
Currency ConverterAccording to the chef, up to date, only female foetus is available. The guess of the reporter was, “Could it be due to the one-child policy in China, which resulted to this? Chinese being traditional would want to have a son to carry on their family’s surname…..so girls are ‘not welcomed’….”
Warning!
The following photos are NOT recommended for the weak-hearted to see and definitely NOT for people who have just finished a sumptuous meal. As I look at the photos. I was thinking: We are no longer in the ‘cave-men’ age, yet man-eating-man is still happening. I’m not talking about situation where a man is stranded on a mountain after a plane crash and had no choice but ate his fellow (dead) passengers bodies in order to survive. This is NOT about survivor. This is about inhumanity, isn’t it? Eating is one thing. The parents who sold their ‘babies’ away for that miserable $$$. Do their guilty conscience eat them alive by the minute, day by day? And is this approved by the law over there? Shouldn’t the police be involved? The 2nd Last photo where the chef used the spoon to scoop up the head was too much for me to handle……My heart feels so heavy now…. The 3rd picture looks like a boy right? But the article says “5month old-female foetus”… hmmm… *scratch head* I hope more people will get to see this…. Not that I’m a sadist, but this is too shocking to be kept in silence… I just hope to share with people how insane China Delicacies can be… Do Digg this story using my top left icon or you could just link this post from your blog…. whichever way, I thank you if you do….
November 14th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
OH MY ! this is disgusting ! this is inhuman! this is insane! it is even worse than the cooking placenta article I read on Asian Parent http://sg.theasianparent.com/articles/recipe_for_placenta
I am SO ANGRY with these people!!! Will they mind if pp will to chop off their penis and cook it!!!
pardon my language.
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November 14th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
oh my God, i can’t take it. this is a heartless brutality in my culture.
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November 14th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
God forgive them.
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November 14th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
din expect you to post up this on your blog..
I was intending to post it on my blog but was too lazy to upload the pics and translate the contents and I also deemed it too ‘bloody’ to be posted in my kids blogs..
will link your post to my blog..
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November 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Pls God..what these ppl are thinkign of themselves.. ridiculous… what a shame! fuming!!!!!!!
November 14th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
m already posting from India *wink * ur style
November 15th, 2008 at 12:59 am
omg…. it is so scary. Although I get paid for eat that, I will not do that. Just too scary…
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November 15th, 2008 at 3:05 am
I’d received that same email a couple of months ago but I was hoping that it was those fake pictures, cause it’s hard for me to believe that a person (I mean a regular /normal one!WITH FEELINGS!!!)could eat an unborn child!!!IT’S OUTRAGEOUS TO THE HUMAN SPECIES!What are we????Cannibals???
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November 15th, 2008 at 7:58 am
I couldn’t look. I caught a glimpse of the first picture and then held my hand over the screen as I scrolled to comment. There’s no words…
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November 15th, 2008 at 8:25 am
What CHINA people can’t Do!! They ate everything that can be eaten11 This si disgusting and inhuman!!!
Sorry, I have to skip the pictures portion as its too scary for me..
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November 15th, 2008 at 9:45 am
ehh, why got this type of meal?it’s too geli
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November 15th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
This is is horrible and inhuman! Sorry but I refused to look at the pics coz I am preggie now and my baby is at that age… :(
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November 15th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I saw this a few months ago, and i was horrified! These people have no heart at all.
November 15th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
oh my god…where is our conscience??…i dont know what more to say….
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November 15th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
It is horrifying that there are people doing this- exploiting life just for selfish gains.. terrible!!
November 15th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
guess what I’ve read & seen this disgusting stuff last year.
I ‘m not surprise this happens in China cz that’s another SerbaBoleh country like Malaysia boleh!
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November 16th, 2008 at 4:35 am
I don’t even know what to do with this. This should be sent somewhere…I’m hoping it isn’t real. This can’t be real, can it?
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November 17th, 2008 at 1:30 am
It’s upsetting, it’s sad that people can bring themselves to do such a thing. I’ve seen fried fetus but fetus soup? That’s new! Shame on these people. They should have their brains served on a platter instead, considering they don’t have a use for it. And to the family that would sell/give their 3rd child to the eatery? She’s no different from a sow and her husband? Brainless…both of them! They don’t have respect for God’s creation of men and they don’t deserve anything…And sad to say, China tries too hard to be who they are not. And because of that, they are willing to jeopardize others at their expense. Where’s your conscience?
November 17th, 2008 at 1:32 am
btw, the world didnt run out of food. There are other things you can eat…
November 17th, 2008 at 7:35 am
i was really disturbed by that story, and the pictures bought tears to my eyes. its a vile and brutal act. sick is not a good enough word to describe these people.
it upsets me more cause i think are the babies alive or dead when they get taken out the stomach?
November 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I received the same email few years back when I’m still study at high school. So meaning this thing happened long before we know it. I just dont understand how they dare to eat those. Just cruel. Argh, heartbreak to know that there is parents who give away their babies for $$, pathetic!
BTW, first time here.. :)
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