Another Eeeek Moment !

[mikey4444]

Giant python: Indonesians eat huge snake after man defeats reptile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41507967

Double yuck, with knobs on.

[Patsy33]

I seen that Mikey. Horrific! Glad said man defeated it then eated it! :-)

[EcclesCake]

Snake is a popular form of protein throughout SE Asia. It's fascinating to watch the vendors reach into a basket retrieve a snake impale its head on a nail driven through a plank and then skin it in one slick movement. Unite mesmerising.

[aelmpvw]

//'really tasty'//
i find that hard to believe considering it exists on a diet of mice ...

[jno]

my word, that's rather long. Did they find any missing villagers inside it?

[mikey4444]

Eccles....I could no more stand and watch that, then catch the ruddy snake itself....Even more yuck.

[hereIam]

Are the poor things still alive when they do that barbaric thing??!

[EcclesCake]

Well yes, why bother impaling them otherwise?

It's not at all barbaric it is swift and clean.

[hereIam]

Of course it's barbaric, swift and clean or not !

[mikey4444]

But why eat the ruddy thing at all ?

[EcclesCake]

I assume you are a vegetarian hereiam?

[EcclesCake]

Because it is a source of on protein Mikey.

I just can't se the issue?

[douglas9401]

aelmpvw, cattle exist on a diet of grass and they taste alright. :)

[hereIam]

What the hell has that got to do with the barbaric act of skinning a snake alive eccles cake? Stock answer when losing an argument about eating meat really ...

[DTCwordfan]

Eaten many a snake and all parts of it...one meal in Hangzhou with the State Governor's secretary began with live snake, the gall bladder whipped out with a knife and into a glass of mao tai, then the neck cut and the blood drained into another glass of mao tai. On to deep fried crispy skin, then the meat with bamboo shoots (like a watery chicken) and finally a soup made from the cartilage.

In China, snake is thought to keep one warm in winter months.

The meal went onto lovely delicacies from armadillo, anteaters, deep fried duck embryos, the only sane dishes being the fruit and Yeung Chow rice.

[tamborine]

Here's a man in snake. Their skins are not eaten but used for shoes & bags.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39427458

[mikey4444]

Ruddy revolting DTC....no wonder people take Imodium with them on their travels.

[EcclesCake]

It is killed instantly when impaled. It is not skinned alive.

[hereIam]

Mmmmm.

[DTCwordfan]

why the Immodium? - the snake meat is at least fresh - Immodium is more to counter the human shytte that gets sprayed on the veggies out there and gives you Ghandi's or Deng's Revenge.

[DTCwordfan]

And remember, Mikey, there is an old saying, 'If it moves, the Chinese eat it, if it stays still then they build on it'

Having said that, I have never seen horse meat on a Chinese menu (or in their supermarkets masquerading as beef) and they also look at us with disgust when we eat many cheeses, especially blue cheese - 'it's full of mould.'