Comments on: Gosh! Am I eating a protected species?

By: chevo

chevo — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:52:46 +0000

Mrs Chan,
love reading your blog but wll give this section a wide berth. I realise to ‘each his/her own’ when it comes to food but i’d never eat something i know that is on the endangered list. That’s tantamount to denying future generations from knowing what a terrapin is. Because it’s happening, right here – right now, getting every single thing that considered ‘exotic’ and putting it in the grave.
Besides, eating exotic animals led to the SARS virus. Mother nature does not like to be backed into a corner.

As for cats and dogs – well it’s not the norm here in Malaysia and i hope it’ll never be. Sadly, cats and dogs are farmed all over South east asia for their body parts and fur. If only you saw how they were killed. ..

I”m an animal activist, what can i say.

By: crazymommy

crazymommy — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:49:37 +0000

Look so yummy! It’s being a long long time since i tasted the “water turtle”! BTW, I always thot the one they serve on table are specially rear as food, and not those endangered species.

By: babe_kl

babe_kl — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:56:08 +0000

*cringed* u so adventurous

By: Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:29:06 +0000

icks…water turtle…
some say, men should eat the head…

By: Wesley Kan

Wesley Kan — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:18:08 +0000

Mrs. Chan:
Forgive me for putting this comment in the wrong place. I do not blog and came across your very interesting sites quite by accident. Please move my comment to the appropriate places.
Penangfaces May 31, 2005: Kelawei Fish Head was featured on Bizzare Foods: Asia hosted by Chef Andrew Zimmern. He could not stomach durian, which I find somewhat ironic.
Chempedak does not seem to have an English name. It is of the same genus as jackfruit and breadfruit.
Re. your comment that God is within not without. You are half right. You, as a Roman Catholic who believes in Christ’s atoning blood shed on Calvary’s cross for the forgiveness of your sins, have God abiding within you. However, the theological doctrine called the “enormity of God” based on God’s attributes (mostly from Isaiah and other prophets) declares that God is BOTH in us and out there, everywhere, always and at the same time.
It is wonderful that you are a Malaysian Roman Catholic of Hainanese ancestry. I am a Lutheran pastor of Japanese ancestry and United States citizenry.
As to cuisine, you in Panang are far more blessed than I. The variety and fusion of so many cuisines available makes me realize I live in a cuiliary desert. By the way, don’t let your children get addicted to that American abomination, McDonald’s. Malaysia would be justified if it dropped durian bombs on my country for polluting your nation with junk food. Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison.
Semper sub Crucem Christi, Rev. Dr. Wesley Tetsuji Kan