We went to China a few years back.  While in Canton, they had a saying that
they eat everything with four legs except for the table.  The markets were
full of every animal imaginable.
John Andrew 1984 "Westiico"

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Cotsford <Cotsford@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, April 14, 2002 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Chinese restaurants ....no Vanagon content

>I used to think it was a joke when people talked about chinese eating cats,
>the very creatures some of us love to have as pets.
>
>That was before I went to China !!
>
>Last time I was in Beijing, I went down some back roads behind the Holiday
>Inn I was staying in and found small restaurants with cats in cages outside
>the door.
>If they were there to catch mice, they wouldnt be kept in cages.
>
>I also wondered why they had a watchman sleeping in our big railway machine
I
>was commissioning.    I was stupid enough to ask why they didnt just have a
>dog.
>The chinese just laughed and said the people would just steal the
dog....for
>supper.
>
>I ate all kinds of things that I didnt recognise but whenever possible I
>would eat in a western restaurant.......very scarce outside the big cities.
>   In the town I spent weeks in, the best restaurant had a
>specialty.....donkey meat.
>
>Ah yes,   time to feed the cat.
>later,
>Steve Cotsford