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Friday, August 14, 2009
Culture X

Caught Culture X on Okto tonight:

Episode 5: Food
What some cultures consider to be delicious, others might find grossly disturbing. We find out why the Balinese love Nasi Lawar, an unusual festive dish that's spiced up with fresh blood from a pig. In China, some locals show us how dogs are commonly bred, slaughtered and cooked. Also, we travel to the Philippines, to see why gastronomists there are so enthusiastic about monitor lizards, as a local delicacy. Who knows, you might be tempted, too.

It's a great documentary, especially for someone who hasn't watched any quality TV, or in fact, any sort of TV prog, in quite a while. Extreme graphics and interesting topics. Was actually wondering if it is a Singapore production, cos it's so good!

The part on how they killed and butchered dogs was the grossest for us. Doesn't help when we were having dinner then either.

Watching how they strangled the dog to death, and then plunged and soaked the poor soul into boiling water before pulling it out to remove its fur was heart-wrenching. Then they torched the poor dog with bare flame (not that it's still alive anymore by then). Watching them bring out the dog from the freezer was damn gross as well, and I just can't get the chilling image of the 3 decapitated dog's heads with their faces showing utter pain and anguish - their faces were just so heartbreaking - teeth clenched and bared, eyes shut tight and a deep frown etched in their faces.

There goes the story of how pple in China used to breed and rear dogs and it sometimes got to a point where they had too many dogs, so they decided to slaughter them and eat them. Thus began the eating of dog meat. I wonder if the day will come when they have too many children and decide to slaughter them for food as well.