Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site kontron.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!pertec!kontron!cramer From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: eating live things Message-ID: <365@kontron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 14:12:43 EDT Article-I.D.: kontron.365 Posted: Thu Jul 11 14:12:43 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 19:17:52 EDT References: <213@sdcarl.UUCP> <959@hou2h.UUCP> Organization: Kontron Electronics, Irvine, CA Lines: 13 > > I have heard of something where monkeys have > > their skull sliced open and their brains are eaten with chopsticks. > > I'm not sure if they're supposed to be alive while eaten. > > rusty c. wright > I have an acquaintance who attended a banquet in Hong Kong (he is of Chinese origin), where a live monkey was brought to the table, the monkey's head was inserted through a hole in the table, so that only the top of its head stuck through, then with the monkey still alive, they used a knife to hack off the top of the head and scooped out the still warm brains to eat. (No, he didn't eat any.) Slaughtering cattle for meat is positively humane compared to this.