(CN): Beijing Olympics Menu to Include `dog's Brain' Soup

August 7, 2008

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*Beijing Olympics Menu to Include `dog's Brain' Soup*

Olympic hopefuls are likely to get a shock if they choose to have a Chinese

meal in Beijing. They could end being served dog

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Athletes and tourists are also likely to be offered pans full of seahorse

skewers, cow and horse stew, dung beetles, donkey penis and

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all seen as " tasty " takeaway treats in the streets of the Chinese

capital, reports the Daily Express.

Some of China's favourite foods include dog brain soup and dog livers with

vegetables. A whole roasted

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coriander and flowers is another delicacy, as also the ovarian fat of

a

snow frog.

The Chinese believe certain animals' limbs and organs have medicinal

properties. Seahorses are said to be good for men's virility, crustaceans

good for women's skin and dried ants sprinkled on food good for rheumatism.

More than half-a-million visitors are expected in Beijing over the next

three weeks.

For fish lovers, there's starfish fried in shark oil or sea urchins. There

are also skinned and deep-fried lizards and rabbit heads.

Source-ANI

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