LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Food in China Thread: Food in China View Single Post #1 07-29-2007, 09:10 PM nuke99 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 432 Food in China Do not eat them if you don't know them. One of their Wheat Gluten, is filled with Melamines powder to increase the protein %. The baby milk is substituted with Flour , babies dies of malnutrition. Six brands of Sweets are preserved with Formalin, a embalming chemical. And now.. news that Buns are added with Cupboard and I saw reports of Human Buttocks from dead person. Travellers and buyers, beware. The report. >>BEIJING - Chopped cardboard, softened with an >>industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and >>powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of >>steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state >>television said. >> >>The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central >>Television, highlights the country's problems with >>food safety despite 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. >> >>State TV's undercover investigation features the >>shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns, called >>baozi, explaining the contents of the product sold in >>Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district. >> >>Baozi are a common snack in China, with an outer skin >>made from wheat or rice flour and and a filling of >> sliced pork. Cooked by steaming in immense bamboo >>baskets, they are similar to but usually much bigger >>than the dumplings found on dim sum menus familiar to >>many Americans. >> >>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 the >>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 showed up and shut down the operation. __________________ God :God is love. Latest incubator: Finally appreciate why Hogan wrote 19 pages on GRIP. I bet he could write another 40 pages. Last edited by nuke99 : 07-29-2007 at 09:13 PM. nuke99 View Public Profile Send a private message to nuke99 Find all posts by nuke99