interestrateripoff Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/100000-tonnes-of-meat-some-of-it-40-years-old-seized-in-china-during-smuggling-crackdown-10343388.html Chinese officials have seized more than 100,000 tonnes of smuggled meat, some of which is more than 40 years old, in a major nationwide crackdown. The vast quantities of chicken, beef and pork, worth more than £300 million in total, were seized across the country in an operation aimed at weakening the smuggling industry. China's General Administration of customs said that 14 different gangs had been busted in the nationwide raids, China Daily reported. Meat smugglers make their money by purchasing meat at very low prices in foreign countries and illegally shipping it to China where it can be sold at higher prices. Hmmm tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 They'll eat anything in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 fancy a beef in oyster sauce now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 They don't say what species the meat comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Spooky - my son had pork balls last night. He's up chucking right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronyx Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Part of me would rather eat the 40 year old stuff. At least that's stood the test of time - they found tinned bully beef from WW1 to be still edible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wherebee Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I was going to post this story and make the point that's why in HK food costs for us are quite high, because we choose to buy all the imported stuff from OZ/NZ etc, as opposed to the cheap market stuff from China..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Deep frozen meat keeps a long time. I once bought a (twice-reduced) huge side of beef in Safeway for about £3, froze it and served it at a dinner party some 6 months later to compliments all round. Did the same with a Boxing Day Xmas turkey served the next June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barlow Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Deep frozen meat keeps a long time. I once bought a (twice-reduced) huge side of beef in Safeway for about £3, froze it and served it at a dinner party some 6 months later to compliments all round. Did the same with a Boxing Day Xmas turkey served the next June. Below -18 the shelf life is pretty much indefinite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Part of me would rather eat the 40 year old stuff. At least that's stood the test of time - they found tinned bully beef from WW1 to be still edible. It's probably not pumped full of antibiotics, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Mammoth curry anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Sounds yummy like those 100 year old eggs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlueCat Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Sounds yummy like those 100 year old eggs! Those are bizarrely really quite tasty. They have a sort of caramel flavour to them. When you consider that we happily eat stuff that's come out of a cows tits and then gone green with mould, 100 year eggs don't seem any worse in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Those are bizarrely really quite tasty. They have a sort of caramel flavour to them. When you consider that we happily eat stuff that's come out of a cows tits and then gone green with mould, 100 year eggs don't seem any worse in comparison. Yum, fromage! Actually I don't think 100 year eggs take that long to make. I think they are sort of "pickled in earth" somehow! I do smashing dangerous pickled eggs when I have the time. I put enormously hot chillies in with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Give Icelandic shark a wide berth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I had shag and minky whale at a poncy Reykjavik restaurant few years back. Not too bad but not the best. Rest was very nice though. Never braved that rotten fish nonsense though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Give Icelandic shark a wide berth. Probably not a bad idea regardless of whether it's living or dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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