Saw this on the BBC about eating this stuff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5371500.stm
2006-09-28 22:00:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
China has/have had a population problem, too many persons to feed with too little food. They had to be inventive with the things they had and also be willing to try new things. That has weaved into their culture and beliefs and still lingers on today.
2006-09-28 22:09:50 · answer #1 · answered by *duh* 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some branches of Chinese medicine believe that eating a certain animal will fill the person with the qualities of that animal. Hence the trade in Tiger Penis Wine for people who feel that the are underperforming compared to a tiger...
2006-09-28 22:05:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Afraid it would do nothing for my constitution at all, but needs must and if the Chinese want to eat it then nothing wrong with that, if we all liked the same sort of thing it would be a a miserable world.
2006-09-28 22:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just looks wierd to you because you are not Chinese. If you were you would. I ask myself the same. Who on earth would eat a rat.
2006-09-28 22:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One man's meat is another's poison...
Pease pudding hot,
Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot
Nine days old.
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot
Nine days old
...Our likes are different and vary from cultures to cultures....
Some people think meat is something yucky..but youll probably disagree with that....
Let them eat...how is it harming you...??
2006-09-28 22:15:51 · answer #5 · answered by robin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is at least a billion mouths to feed in that country that's why
2006-09-28 22:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by ralphthemouth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the are too mean to buy supermarket stuff. they would rather kill a dog than go to Waitrose---come to think of it, so would I.
2006-09-28 22:08:33 · answer #7 · answered by goatherd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its all in how you grew up. to them some of the stuff you eat may seem weird. its all about where you came from.
2006-09-29 00:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by Calvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are on the right track of economy.
2006-09-28 22:06:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure they say the same thing about us Westerners!
2006-09-28 22:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by backinbowl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋