Guest guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Isn't cardboard a great source of fiber? --- fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > Main ingredient in Beijing street buns: cardboard > Updated Thu. Jul. 12 2007 9:41 AM ET > > Associated Press > > BEIJING -- Chopped cardboard, softened with an > industrial chemical and > flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is > a main ingredient > in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing > neighborhood, state > television said. > > > The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central > Television, > highlights the country's problems with food safety > despite government > efforts to improve the situation. > > > Countless small, often illegally run operations > exist across China and > make money cutting corners by using inexpensive > ingredients or > unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to > regulate. > > > State TV's undercover investigation features the > shirtless, shorts- > clad maker of the buns, called baozi, explaining the > contents of the > product sold in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang > district. > > > Baozi are a common snack in China, with an outer > skin made from wheat > or rice flour and and a filling of sliced pork. > Cooked by steaming in > immense bamboo baskets, they are similar to but > usually much bigger > than the dumplings found on dim sum menus familiar > to many Americans. > > > The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not > shown, into a > ramshackle building where steamers are filled with > the fluffy white > buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork. > > > The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and > piles of old > furniture and cardboard on the ground. > > > " 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. " Fatty 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. Fatty 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. " > > > The police eventually showed up and shut down the > operation. > > > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, > it's what we know for sure that just ain't so. > - Mark Twain > ______________________________\ ____ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. http://farechase./promo-generic-14795097 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 i'll stick with peas, barley, er beans thanx and all "Tracy H." Jul 12, 2007 9:15 AM Re: pretty nasty on several levels Isn't cardboard a great source of fiber? --- fraggle <EBbrewpunx (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:> Main ingredient in Beijing street buns: cardboard> Updated Thu. Jul. 12 2007 9:41 AM ET> > Associated Press> > BEIJING -- Chopped cardboard, softened with an> industrial chemical and> flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is> a main ingredient> in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing> neighborhood, state> television said.> > > The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central> Television,> highlights the country's problems with food safety> despite government> efforts to improve the situation.> > > Countless small, often illegally run operations> exist across China and> make money cutting corners by using inexpensive> ingredients or> unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to> regulate.> > > State TV's undercover investigation features the> shirtless, shorts-> clad maker of the buns, called baozi, explaining the> contents of the> product sold in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang> district.> > > Baozi are a common snack in China, with an outer> skin made from wheat> or rice flour and and a filling of sliced pork.> Cooked by steaming in> immense bamboo baskets, they are similar to but> usually much bigger> than the dumplings found on dim sum menus familiar> to many Americans.> > > The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not> shown, into a> ramshackle building where steamers are filled with> the fluffy white> buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork.> > > The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and> piles of old> furniture and cardboard on the ground.> > > "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. "Fatty 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. Fatty 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."> > > The police eventually showed up and shut down the> operation.> > > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know,> it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.> - Mark Twain> ________Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotelsin 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit.http://farechase./promo-generic-14795097 When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up I don't ever want to be that way I don't wanna grow up Seems that folks turn into things that they never want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Sounds like a McD burger :-) Jo , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > Main ingredient in Beijing street buns: cardboard > Updated Thu. Jul. 12 2007 9:41 AM ET > > Associated Press > > BEIJING -- Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and > flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient > in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state > television said. > > > The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, > highlights the country's problems with food safety despite government > efforts to improve the situation. > > > Countless small, often illegally run operations exist across China and > make money cutting corners by using inexpensive ingredients or > unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to regulate. > > > State TV's undercover investigation features the shirtless, shorts- > clad maker of the buns, called baozi, explaining the contents of the > product sold in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district. > > > Baozi are a common snack in China, with an outer skin made from wheat > or rice flour and and a filling of sliced pork. Cooked by steaming in > immense bamboo baskets, they are similar to but usually much bigger > than the dumplings found on dim sum menus familiar to many Americans. > > > The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not shown, into a > ramshackle building where steamers are filled with the fluffy white > buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork. > > > The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and piles of old > furniture and cardboard on the ground. > > > " 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. " Fatty 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. Fatty 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. " > > > The police eventually showed up and shut down the operation. > > > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so. > - Mark Twain > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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