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Ideal for: Chinese ladies or anyone who does
good impersonations
Job Specifications: No, we are not talking about cosmopolitan diners that
serve dimsum and roast duck. These are the authentic eateries in the streets
of Mainland China, where aside from the typical sweet and sour pork and
steamed chicken, you also serve “specialty meats,” This include cat, rat,
snake, and a number of insects. Be prepared to disembowel these animals,
removing the fur and then boiling them in an aromatic blend of herbs and
spices. Serve to unsuspecting tourists, who don’t know what the Chinese
characters in the menu mean and assume they are being served a very small
duck.
Drawbacks: The sight of a kilo of rats sitting on your kitchen counter
should send most chefs running to call the exterminator; you, on the other
hand, grab the sharpest knife in the room and chop off their heads. Be
careful, though: since these animals aren’t bred, you don’t know where
they’ve come from, and an extra hour of boiling may be necessary to kill off
the germs.
Perks: At least you know you won’t starve. In the case of a nuclear war,
and the surviving population have to migrate to the safety of underground
sewers, you have the perfect recipe for steamed rodent.
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