"60% Cardboard, 40% ***** Meat"

[acidboy]

Man that is so disgusting. Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with ***** pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood:

Beijing steamed buns include cardboard

"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. "***** 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. ***** 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."

And here's a Japanese TV report on it.

Man, I eat these steamed pork buns at least once a week before, never knew they have a "secret ingredient" in it.

 

[sho'nuff]

ugh... oh brother

 

[DNW]

Man...that's fucked up.

An aside, though, those steamed buns look pretty damn tasty. I'll have to stop by my local shop this weekend for a couple. Yumm!!!

 

[Jared]

It's just cellulose. Methylcellulose is used as an emulsifier in a lot of food, including ice cream. And caustic soda is just lye, used in the preparation of all sorts of food.

60% seems awfully high for filler, but it's healthier for you than eating 100% ***** meat.

 

[tiecollector]

These will go great with their solution to the rat infestation:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/fanc...559682434.html

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by Jared

It's just cellulose. Methylcellulose is used as an emulsifier in a lot of food, including ice cream. And caustic soda is just lye, used in the preparation of all sorts of food.

60% seems awfully high for filler, but it's healthier for you than eating 100% ***** meat.

Awesome! Give me a dozen of that steam buns.

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

These will go great with their solution to the rat infestation:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/fanc...559682434.html

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

 

[josephrex]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

These will go great with their solution to the rat infestation:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/fanc...559682434.html

wasn't this tried in india...ends up in rat farms...the perverse incentive!

 

[acidboy]

Now they claim that report was a hoax! http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_6398168.htm

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

Now they claim that report was a hoax!

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_6398168.htm

Man, this is better than a thriller movie.

 

[tiecollector]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

Now they claim that report was a hoax!

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_6398168.htm


And I'm sure pets really didn't die from pet food.

 

[ratboycom]

I saw this on the news the day I landed in Tokyo. All I can say is that I nearly ran out of the door of my Condo to grab some nikuman. hahahaha

 

[montecristo#4]

Everyone seems concerned about the cardboard content. Personally, I'd be much more worried about the identity of the "***** meat".

 

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

Everyone seems concerned about the cardboard content. Personally, I'd be much more worried about the identity of the "***** meat".

 

[tiecollector]

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

Everyone seems concerned about the cardboard content. Personally, I'd be much more worried about the identity of the "***** meat".

I'm guessing it is from the rats I posted above.