FROM SOUTHERN CHINA REUTERS IS REPORTING that Chinese health authorities are putting a stop to restaurants serving chickens which have been bitten to death by poisonous snakes and cooked up for a supposedly detoxing meal.
A small number of eateries in Guangdong province have been preparing the unique poultry dish amidst the complaints of many people and the Chinese media.
“Not only is it cruel and blood-thirsty, but totally amoral,” the Chongqing Business Daily cited a neighbor to one of the restaurants as saying.
Health authorities in Guangdong have already told restaurants to stop serving “poisonous snake-bitten chicken” and now those in Chongqing have joined in.
“Although nobody has been poisoned, this at the very least is an irregular way of slaughtering poultry,” the business newspaper quoted a local health official as saying.
Sina Video, the Chinese equivalent of YouTube, is carrying a video that shows a cook demonstrating how to coax a poisonous snake to kill the chicken for the fresh dish.
If you have an interest in biology you can watch the video by CLICKING HERE. How long it will take for this culinary treat to make it to San Francisco is wide open to speculation.
