Originally Posted by
gaobest
I love that people know Cazu Marzu. I was so grossed out when I read about it in nytimes in 1999 - after I had already had the live shrimp in Shanghai in 1998. I haven’t had horse or closer domestic and know that people can keep domestic chicken etc. They’re all cute and yes I do eat a lot of this stuff. I eat cow and haven’t had veal in years!!!
Only time I've had the live shrimp was in Japan. Some part of the populace - mostly urbanised - in developed countries have developed a fear of eating foods that they know what the living animal was. Not like me who may see lambs prancing in the pasture and say, "lambs chops tonight sounds good!". Eating more veal the past couple of years than I've ever had before as I've found cheap-ish sources. Veal chops, veal goulash, Wiener Schnitzel..... Suckling pig remains too expensive (high floor price due to inspection requirements) to acquire for regulatory reasons. Horse? A delicacy in Europe!
There was a comedian in Vancouver who had this monologue on how he made $100s as an elementary school student by eating a single balut. He told his father (a Pinoy grocer) who praised him for making $100s on a single egg while it took his father close to a 100 eggs to earn the same.