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Under a new law against animal abuse in China, individuals in caught eating either cat or dog meat could face a fine of 5,000 yuan (approximately $735) or up to 15 days in prison. Businesses involved in the practice could be fined up to 500,000 yuan (or $7,325), according to the Times Online.

The draft going to Parliament in April would be first law against animal abuse by a new, increasingly animal-loving Chinese society that no longer has the taste for canine and feline meat.

Dog meat appeared in Chinese cuisine as early as the third century B.C. and is long believed to provide warmth to those who eat it. Restaurants offering dog — or “fragrant meat” as it’s often poetically referred to — appear throughout the entire nation. Its “warming” property makes it particularly popular in winter stews and the frigid northeastern region of China.

Cat meat, however, is primarily consumed by the people of the southern Guangdong province. Cat is not as popular because of an old superstition that the feline will come back at night to retaliate.

Waking up to a vengeful minx? No thanks. We’ll leave the tail-wagging eating to Andrew Zimmern and Anthony Bourdain.

source: slashfood

Leftover spaghetti sauce and meatballs from the weekend but not in the mood for more pasta?  Try this tasty recipe for a meatball bagel sandwich.

Ingredients:

Leftover Sauce and Meatballs
Garlic Powder
Choice of cheese
Choice of bagel

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  First, toast the bagel and spread with butter.  Next, sprinkle a little garlic powder over the surface of the bagel.  Take the sauce and meatballs and heat in the microwave for about 1 minute.  Cut the meatballs into thin slices and layer on 1 half of the bagel.  Next top with the sauce on the same half of the bagel.  For the other side of the bagel, layer with your favorite kind of cheese.  I have used string cheese, an Italian blend or just Parmesan.   Place the bagel halves face up on the cookie sheet and toast in the oven for about 10 minutes, until the cheese and sauce is bubbly.

This dish goes great with soup or a salad!

Sloppy José’s!!!

(that’s Mexican, for Sloppy Joe)

• 12 ounces fatty ground beef
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3/4 tablespoon chili powder
• 1/2 of a 15-ounce can refried beans
• 1 (4.5 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 1/2 cup salsssssa
• 1/2 cup BEER
• 6 hamburger buns, split
• shredded cheese and lettuce – for serving
• extra beers

Heat skillet on medium-high heat with some oil. Brown ground beef in skillet, stirring in onions halfway through. Cook, stirring, until no pink is left in the meat, for about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain fat from beef.

Use a rubber to scrape half of the refried beans (about 3/4 cup) and all the chilies into the skillet. Add the salsa and beer (chug the remaining); mix it up, bitches!

Cook until mixture is bubbly and sexy, stirring occasionally – add the chili powder. Turn the burner to low low low heat, and continue to cook about 10 to 15 minutes longer, until the slop is thick.Spoon the meat mixture into your hot, sweet buns. Top with lots of cheese, lettuce, and/or sour cream. Serve fast. Real Fast. This recipe can feed 6 normal people, or 2 really fat people.

Everyone is familiar with the old adage, “it tastes like chicken”.  A person can hear the phrase being used to compare the tastes of foods such as alligator or frog.  Well, a group of clever Jamaicans have taken the taste of chicken to an all new level.  Abstracting a lesser known version of Rooster from Old English, they have made this polygamous chicken into a soup. 

After all, who doesn’t like cock? 

** Warning, this is not like the chicken soup your mother used to make

Spending a night watching Brett Michaels spread his diseases on a bus or his rejects go to charm school?  Looking forward to the upcoming premier of the Octo Mom show?  Why not make it a party with these tasty treats. 

1 package grocery store brand frozen meatballs
2 bottles Chili sauce
2 cups Grape jelly

Serve with chilled mellow yellow, pork rinds and twinkies