【卫报111015】狗肉？昆虫？生殖器？中国人的奇怪爱好
本帖最后由 小明啊 于 2011-10-17 12:28 编辑【中文标题】“狗肉进驻约克郡中餐馆”——为何谣言蔓延？
【原文标题】'Dog meat at a Chinese restaurant in Yorkshire' – why do such myths spread?
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【来源地址】http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/15/chinese-restaurant-dog-meat-myth#start-of-comments
【原文作者】LiJia Zhang
【译者】小明啊
【翻译方式】人工
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The obsession with China's 'weird' food, from donkey penis to the mythical dog in the takeaway, is a form of racism
一直困扰大家的中国的那些奇怪的食物，从驴的生殖器到外卖的狗肉，这是种族歧视的一种形式。
I was not sure if I should laugh or cry when I heard the news that an urban myth about a woman choking on a dog's identification chip at a high-end Chinese restaurant in Yorkshire had led to an exodus of diners. Bizarre as the story sounds, it didn't surprise me. When I lived in Britain, I met people who refused to go to Chinese restaurants because they believed – they were utterly convinced in fact – that such places sold dog meat (and their neighbours' pets at that!). Racism takes all forms, and in the case of the Chinese, it often takes the form of disgust with the Chinese food.
Just last week, I saw another example of that when I watched the DVD of the first episode of the hugely popular travel documentary An Idiot Abroad, in which Karl Pilkington (the Idiot) is sent abroad to visit the New Seven Wonders of the World. The first episode is set in China. I did make me laugh – it is funny. But the sour smell of colonialism taints the programme. It dwells so much on the weird eating habits of the Chinese people: cicadas and worms at a Beijing night market, a long shot of a young woman stuffing scorpions into her mouth, Karl commenting on a man eating "foetus egg" and a family by the Great Wall killing and feeding him toads! (Bullfrogs actually.)
China has a fabulous and sophisticated cuisine, but westerners always focus on the tiny percentage of what we eat that is weird. And the very good reasons that the weird stuff made it into Chinese kitchens is never mentioned: Chinese cuisine is very much a famine cuisine; historically, Chinese people have had to make use every bit of available resources.
A few years ago, when the comedian Paul Merton came to China to make a travel documentary, I was invited to take part. As if by accident, Merton and I met at the night market – the same one Karl visited (the only market in Beijing if not the whole country where you can see such creatures sold as ingredients). I explained to him that the cicadas tasted of childhood for me because, to satisfy my craving for meat, I used to catch cicadas and roast them over a small bonfire and munch them up. Merton sampled the insects with disgust. Then I was instructed to tell him: "If you think this is disgusting, let me take you to somewhere interesting," before leading him, as pre-arranged by the director, to a penis restaurant, Merton and I actually walked up and down in the street, talking about serious matters – social change, women's role in society, and my own journey from factory worker to writer.
Merton was genuinely interested in learning more about China, but the director whisked us away to the restaurant where all sorts of animal's male organs were served. Eating animal's penis is thought by some to improve a man's performance in bed. But this is not something that runs deep in Chinese culture – there are only two penis restaurants in China, and both belong to the same owner. The crew spent hours tirelessly filming us eating stir-fried bull's penis, snake's penis in a soup and a large boiled donkey's penis. Poor Merton struggled and even threw up at one point.
In the final film, the donkey's penis dominates the scene. Our serious discussion was edited out.
当得知一个关于一位女士在约克郡的一家高级中餐馆用餐时被一块狗的识别芯片噎到的城市谣传时，我哭笑不得。这故事听起来太神奇了，这并没有令我吃惊。当我住在英国的时候，我认识很多拒绝去中国餐厅的人——他们极其相信——这些餐馆卖狗肉（有些甚至是他们邻居的宠物）。种族歧视，在中国以各种形式存在着，特别是经常以一些恶心的中餐的形式存在着。
就在上周，我看到了另外一个例子，就是当我在看一个广受欢迎的旅游类节目《外国笨蛋》（中译名为《卡尔世界七大奇迹漫游奇遇记》）的DVD时，主持人卡尔被送到国外去参观新的世界七大奇迹。第一集就是在中国。我看的很欢乐——因为实在很搞笑。但是殖民主义的酸味污染了这集节目，这里居住着这么多有着奇怪饮食习惯的中国人：蝉蛹和蠕虫在北京的夜市售卖，一位年轻女士试着把蝎子放入嘴里。卡尔遇见了一个吃毛蛋的男人，还有长城附近的一家人杀蟾蜍给卡尔吃（事实上是牛蛙）。
中国的食物十分的精美复杂，但是西方人总是关注着其中那些我们不吃的小部分奇怪的食物。一个绝佳的原因就是中餐馆在售卖这些奇怪的食物时，并不说明：因为中国有着饥荒史，所以他们在烹饪时不得不利用一切可以利用的资源。
几年前，当喜剧演员保罗莫顿去中国制作一档旅行纪录片时，我被邀请参加一部分节目的录制。偶然的机会，莫顿和我在卡尔去的同一家夜市（只在北京，而不是整个国家，你们可以看到这里售卖以动物为原料的奇怪食物。）我和他说在我童年的时候为满足我的好奇心曾经尝过蝉蛹的味道，我那时候捉了蝉蛹，把他们放在火上烤熟了，大嚼特嚼。莫顿试着尝了尝这些昆虫，并感到非常恶心。然后我奉命告诉他：“如果你认为这个令人感到恶心，那我带你去个好玩的地方。”带他去之前导演事先安排好的一家生殖器餐厅。莫顿和我实际上在大街上走来走去，谈些正经事——比如社会变迁，女性在社会中的角色，和我自己从工厂工人到专业作家的心路旅程。
莫顿由衷地有兴趣了解更多中国，但是导演撵我们去这家售卖各式各样的雄性动物生殖器的餐馆。大家认为吃动物的阴茎有助于提高自己在床上的能力。但这并不是中国的传统文化——中国只有两家这样的阴茎餐馆，而且老板是同一个人。摄制组不知疲倦的花了几个小时来拍我们吃炒牛鞭，蛇鞭汤，和一大条煮驴鞭。（还是用中国的说法比较文雅……终于不用直白的打出XX这两个字了）可怜的莫顿一直在挣扎，最终还是放弃了。
影片的的最后，驴鞭在画面中过于吸引别人的注意，经过我们认真地讨论，还是剪掉了这幅画面。
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狗肉、蚕蛹都很好吃，生殖器没尝过
尔等蛮夷岂能领会中华之古老饮食文化{:12_559:} 过去老年人的说法，吃啥补啥。 什么便的都没吃过不过猪鞭是例外 消费海狗鞭最多是中国人么？ 话说这些东西 我还真没有吃过。为什么看有的国外节目，直接抓活的昆虫吃呢？这不是更恶心。 国人历史上经历过饥荒，所以基本什么能吃的都尽量利用。比如猪内脏、粉肠、大肠。只要处理得干净，味道还是不错的。相对于日本来说，我觉得我们太没什么了。日本人还吃处女便便的，实在BT。 国人的饮食习惯有些还是很有问题的，比如燕窝、鱼翅，比如吃啥补啥。
燕窝鱼翅的营养价值是很少的，吃得不但奢侈，还犯傻。
吃啥补啥也相当可笑，多吃蔬菜我是不是应该变成植物人啊？多吃猪脑就该有个猪一样的脑子咯。 只要是中国有的，他们没有就惊叹，因为这代表着落后、愚昧、无知。
说不准阿三看到中国人用筷子吃饭也会惊得神油直流：哇噻，中国人不用手抓而用两根竹子夹，太落后了！ wwwalker 发表于 2011-10-17 13:30 static/image/common/back.gif
国人的饮食习惯有些还是很有问题的，比如燕窝、鱼翅，比如吃啥补啥。
燕窝鱼翅的营养价值是很少的，吃得不 ...
燕窝鱼翅这类所谓“山珍海味”，在中国流行的时间其实并不长，是晚明开始才流行的，跟当时追求奢侈糜烂的世风有关（跟金瓶梅同时流行） 法国人还吃蜗牛呢，怎么不见英国佬说说法国人！ 说实话这些东西中国人也不是人人都吃的 吃个东西都能扯到种族歧视，我是该可怜他（她）呢？还是该鄙视他（她）？做人就为了歧视人和被人歧视，真可悲、、、、、
我都没见过，更没吃过，可见其偏僻和小众，不知道这些外国人怎么找到的，厉害啊！ wwwalker 发表于 2011-10-17 13:30 static/image/common/back.gif
国人的饮食习惯有些还是很有问题的，比如燕窝、鱼翅，比如吃啥补啥。
燕窝鱼翅的营养价值是很少的，吃得不 ...
燕窝鱼翅还是少吃点好回死人的 某些批评家喜欢着眼于别人的小错误，WHO CARE~但是众口铄金……
忽视中国人民多样性，用少数代表多数，不尊重事实，只是想寻找优越感吧~ 蝉蛹、牛鞭（红烧《天津宏业菜馆》）、驴鞭（三鞭一花《独一处》）、羊鞭（烤串《路边、楼群》）有吃过！:P 老外就TM喜欢吃热腾腾的屎尖尖~~
吃啥补啥！
吃尾巴补尾巴！
Q15)Q15)Q15) 凡是外国人没有的东西，他们都无法接受