In case you don't know what Bak Kwa is,it is a sweet caramelised jerky made from barbecued pork meat that draws the crowds partly cos it showcases the cooking process in front of the shop much in the same way as if a red indian were mass messaging another with unfathomable smoke signals.
We chinese people have been so stupid over the past 50 years or so to equate expensive prices,perfect snow white grains and spotless uniform vegetables to quality produce.
With industrialisation and science merging together to form a toxic food industry,pioneers (or what I call unscrupulous conmen masquerading as businessmen)convinced our people via adverts and so on,that luncheon meats,fried dace and seasonings like oyster sauce were clever ways to please the family while appearing like a million dollar cook.Chefs and hawkers made a killing by introducing us to unsafe additives sold out of our view like farming pesticide in a bottle.
I don't care what the food technologists tell us cos they've been indoctrined with facts that have been drummed into their heads that enabled them to graduate and not be jobless.
One by one the seams are beginning to unravel.Very soon is there no food left that is safe to eat?
With the expose on rubbish pork finally sinking in,outlets selling BBQ bak kwa saw a dip in sales too.
Still we liked to buy these as snacks or to bear as gifts when house visiting during specials occasions.
Now this.
In anyway when consuming barbequed meats or burgers it is best to counter the carcinogic effect from the burnt areas with some raw salad or a squeeze of lemon and onions.But we don't.Cos either we are stingy or lazy or the Bak Kwa seller is stingy or lazy.
The problem with Bak Kwa is,it not only consists of partially cindered parts like what you find in satay(satay always comes with onions and cucumber),Liow now gives us in black and white the excessive amount of nitrate used in it's production.
No wonder it could last so long in the fridge without ever turning mouldy.
Anyway,I do know some buddhists who will refuse to eat onions and garlic.
That is bad for your health ok?
To reject the cucumber and onions that come with your satay is sheer cancer propogating folly.
In fact,with regards to this topic,we Malaysians rank as the most troublesome tourists in the world due to our varied cultures and unreasonable beliefs.
Whoever takes them on a group tour will have the nightmare of having to contend with demands from total vegetarians,partial vegetarians,buddhists who refuse to eat garlic,onions and beef,hindus too,no pork for muslims,eggless eaters,diners that cannot eat spicy food,others that must have a spicy dish,those that must have chinese meals,soya sauce,belacan,sambal,budu,salted fish and cili padi,too heaty this,too "windy" that,this too much "angin",why don't they sell nasi lemak,roti canai,tau sar pau......even if they were right smack in the middle of the Antartica.
I am already having a headache just thinking about it.
Please read the article below and recollect how much of the BBQ pork strips and floss/serunding(which is getting increasingly whiter and paler...suspicious eh?)you have had over the years.
If you were greedy and ate alot I have no words to console you.If it will make you feel any better,I will share a story about a non meat eater.
I once knew a non smoking vegetarian,who despite exercising regularly died of cancer.Some whispered that the cancerous genes already exist in our body.Some insisted it was second hand smoke.
I blame it on two things
Feeling better?
Nope?
Me neither.
We are all doomed.
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Three Dried Pork (Bak Kwa) Products Recalled From Market : Liow (14.06.2011)- The Star
KLANG: Three dried pork (bak kwa) products have been recalled after tests found they have too much nitrate, a preservative that can cause cancer if consumed excessively, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
“The maximum amount of nitrate allowed is 200mg in one kilogram of meat. The samples were found to have more than 1,000mg of nitrate,” he told reporters yesterday after checking the mechanism on monitoring imported food here.
Liow said legal action had been initiated against the food processors.
On another matter, Liow said the South Korean instant noodles Shin Ramyun (Shin Ramen) have tested safe for consumption and did not contain carcinogen di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP)
With industrialisation and science merging together to form a toxic food industry,pioneers (or what I call unscrupulous conmen masquerading as businessmen)convinced our people via adverts and so on,that luncheon meats,fried dace and seasonings like oyster sauce were clever ways to please the family while appearing like a million dollar cook.Chefs and hawkers made a killing by introducing us to unsafe additives sold out of our view like farming pesticide in a bottle.
I don't care what the food technologists tell us cos they've been indoctrined with facts that have been drummed into their heads that enabled them to graduate and not be jobless.
Still we liked to buy these as snacks or to bear as gifts when house visiting during specials occasions.
No wonder it could last so long in the fridge without ever turning mouldy.
That is bad for your health ok?
To reject the cucumber and onions that come with your satay is sheer cancer propogating folly.
Whoever takes them on a group tour will have the nightmare of having to contend with demands from total vegetarians,partial vegetarians,buddhists who refuse to eat garlic,onions and beef,hindus too,no pork for muslims,eggless eaters,diners that cannot eat spicy food,others that must have a spicy dish,those that must have chinese meals,soya sauce,belacan,sambal,budu,salted fish and cili padi,too heaty this,too "windy" that,this too much "angin",why don't they sell nasi lemak,roti canai,tau sar pau......even if they were right smack in the middle of the Antartica.
I blame it on two things
- his penchant for the delicious taiwan sifu taught,marketed and sold to Malaysian hawkers and restaurant cooks, fake fish,fake chicken,heavenly dishes that killed him.After all,how on earth does one replicate the taste of meat without some nasty chemicals involved ? OR
- the vegies he ate that came from Cameron Highlands were coated so liberally in Malathion and fungicide with no regards for a window period of waiting before harvest,no amount of washing could have possibly removed it
Nope?
Me neither.
We are all doomed.
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“The maximum amount of nitrate allowed is 200mg in one kilogram of meat. The samples were found to have more than 1,000mg of nitrate,” he told reporters yesterday after checking the mechanism on monitoring imported food here.
Liow said legal action had been initiated against the food processors.
On another matter, Liow said the South Korean instant noodles Shin Ramyun (Shin Ramen) have tested safe for consumption and did not contain carcinogen di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP)
