"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> Tippi wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 5, 11:34 am, "Musashi" > wrote:
>> > Yet, I find no instances of eating raw fish in Chinese
>> > cities well reknowned for their seafood like Shanghai and Hongkong.
>>
>> Musashi, I have read that this is one of the things that China has
>> influenced Japan, specifically during the Tang Dynasty (600 - 900
>> A.D.). Thousands of years ago, raw fish was widely eaten in China,
>> whether plain or vinergared. Nowadays you would rarely find it in the
>> more industrialized cities, like Hong Kong, because of "sanitary
>> concerns". My dad has talked about having it in his youth, in various
>> places in the Canton province - this would be 60+ years ago.
>
> I was watching some food program -- Martin Yan's show, I think
> -- in which it was mentioned that Chinese seldom eat raw vegetables.
> This is because of natural fertilizers which are widely used.
>
> I can come just imagine some Chinese returning home from their
> trip to America.
>
> "And get this, they really do eat vegetables raw! That's
> not just some crazy made-up story! They call it salad.
> And just to make sure they include something that'll make
> you sick, they usually include several different types
> of raw vegetables in one salad!"
>
> "Are you sure they didn't boil them, and then cool them
> down to room temperature?"
>
> "I observed the process. The vegetables in salad are
> definitely raw. They do boil vegetables in soup and stews,
> but not in salad."
>
> "Did you try any of the salad?"
>
> "I almost did, but it just didn't seem worth the risk.
> Eating the beef was as far as I was ready to go. The beef
> was quite good, but I wouldn't do it again."

Ha-ha. True, in most of east Asia at least, in the old days the lack of a
sewage system
was handled by all the human feces being used as agricultural fertilizer.
Way out in the
boondocks of many countries you may still see it practiced.

Musashi