[AGL] about the coronavirus

[Frances Morey]

Yuck! Just as creepy as eating shark's fin soup.
I thought that the Chinese Communist Party controlled everyone. Hmm.
Demanding bribes seems so capitalistic.
Best,
Frances

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 3:05 PM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Imagine a country and a huge city of 11 millions in iy where an illegal
> business sold snakes and live bats to eat. As I understand it, in China all
> businesses or most of them require bribing local officials. The central
> government tries but is unable to supervise its local officials. Apparently
> many Chinese like to eat snakes and live bats dipped in broth.
>
> There used to be a dish sold in classy French restaurants of ortelans,
> small song birds caught, cooked and served unboned to customers. The custom
> was to eat them behind a napkin draped over one's head. *Autres pays,
> autres moeurs* (different strokes for different folks) as the French say.
>
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