foreign cuisine

when i heard this story on the radio this morning, i just knew i had to find it and post it! i mean, how could i not? it's just too... too... too something. i can't quite put my finger on it.

"China puts a stop to snake-bitten cock-in-a-pot"

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities are putting a stop to restaurants serving chickens which have been bitten to death by poisonous snakes and cooked up for a supposedly detoxing meal.

The dish, served by a small number of eateries in the southern province of Guangdong and the southwestern city of Chongqing, has generated a storm of publicity and controversy in the Chinese media and amongst bloggers.

A video showing a cook holding a snake and forcing it to bite a live chicken until it dies has been widely circulated online, generating mainly angry comments.