Crouching Tiger, Hidden Donkey

[lithuanianmafia]

The cat is out of the bag at a restaurant in northeast China that had been serving donkey meat spiked with tiger urine in pricey dishes advertised as endangered Siberian tigers.

Local media in Heilongjiang province got wind that the restaurant was offering stir-fried dishes and medicinal liquor made from tiger meat and bones, sparking local police and health inspectors to pounce, the China Daily said on Thursday.

"After inspection, the owner confessed that the so-called tiger meat was donkey meat that had been dressed with tiger urine to give the dish a 'special' flavour," the newspaper said.

The restaurant had been charging as much as 800 yuan (53.80 pounds) a dish for the illegal, "rare" fare, tapping into traditional Chinese belief that tiger meat has aphrodisiacal properties.

The restaurant was shut down and fined and the director of the nearby Hengdaohezi Siberian Tiger Park, China's largest centre for breeding the highly endangered animals, reassured the public there was no way meat from its big cats had made its way to the dinner table, the newspaper said.

Only a few hundred Siberian tigers are believed to be alive in the wild in their native habitats of northern China, southern Russia and parts of
North Korea.

The report did not explain where the tiger urine had come from or how it was collected.

Sorry to be my usuall spammish self, but I just had to show you guys this

[kennyknoxville]

i dont see the attraction in exotic meats. theres a gourmet deli that sells venicin but ive never dabbled.

[taz_rocks_miami]

I'd rather have a pizza thank you.

[scottie300z]

venicin is rather good. is that even considered exotic? its wild i guess. But there is even dog food that contains venicin.

How long did the restaurant think they could get away w/ this? of course its going to attract attention from the authorities.

[Matra et Alpine]

i dont see the attraction in exotic meats. theres a gourmet deli that sells venicin but ive never dabbled.

Venison isn't exotic for us !!!!
You can get decent Venison steaks for not much more than beef.
I'd recommend you try it some time, BUT make sure it has been 'hung' long enough. It really IS a lovely taste.

It does raise the question of what IS 'exotic' ?
Is a properly hung pheasant or grouse or a good piece of beef now exotic because you can't leave the meat to mature before preparing ? I remember leaving pheasant till maggots were just visible as the measure of the ideal length of tiem to 'hang'. That's not permitted anymore so it's nearly impossible to taste the meat at it's best ( unless you do it all yourself )

I alwasy tried to taste as much 'exotic' to me meats as I could when I travelled. It was 'common' where I was visiting though

Hengdaohezi Siberian Tiger Park, China's largest centre for breeding the highly endangered animals, reassured the public there was no way meat from its big cats had made its way to the dinner table, the newspaper said.

Bit clearly the piss from their big cats was

[lithuanianmafia]

Bit clearly the piss from their big cats was

I'd hate to be the guy who's job it was to collect it