The most illegal/insane eggs ever made? posted by Wolfdog at 7:47 AM on May 4, 2007
I only lightly skimmed these links so as not to get too much grodiness in my brain. This is related to the "soy sauce" made from human hair, isn't it? posted by DU at 7:51 AM on May 4, 2007
You guys just think that's gross because you've never actually had a fake egg omelet covered with hair soy sauce and melamine. posted by parallax7d at 8:40 AM on May 4, 2007 [4 favorites]
I'm pretty sure this is a hoax. BoingBoing seemed to agree when this first popped up over a year ago: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/04/egg_piracy_in_china_.html posted by allen.spaulding at 8:44 AM on May 4, 2007
C'mon, it's on the internet. The internet is like the NY Times of global computer networks. posted by Mister_A at 8:45 AM on May 4, 2007 [2 favorites]
Yeah, but notice that the original journal (The Internet Journal of Toxicology) no longer has either this or the hair soy sauce article (same author) up. That's why this link goes to a web archive. Is that sketchy, or what? posted by Comrade_robot at 9:03 AM on May 4, 2007
n 2001, there were 185 cases of food poisoning, affecting about 15,715 people and causing 146 deaths ( 5 ). The cases doubled in 2002 ( 6 ). In 2003, the number of reported cases was ten times more than that in 2001, and the number of people suffered was as high as 29,660, including 262 deaths ( 7 ).
Problems with teh math. posted by Afroblanco at 9:19 AM on May 4, 2007
I always figured the man-made chicken would have come first.
I think Jessamyn's justly-acclaimed photo implies that the man would come before the chicken. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:20 AM on May 4, 2007 [2 favorites]
Fer crissakes, they have fake BMW's in China, eggs are easy...
Right. Real egg whites NEVER bubble when you fry them. And a petroleum fire can't soften steel. posted by Mayor Curley at 9:21 AM on May 4, 2007
Soylent green is chicken?
Nope, it's soy beans and lentils. (I never understood how someone read "Make Room, Make Room" and decided that Soylent Green should be people, the book has nothing to do with that.)
One thing about this article that confused me; how much energy is being spent making counterfeit eggs? Couldn't that effort be better spent raising additional egg laying birds?
Or have they reached some kind of critical mass where the environment simply won't support any more animals? posted by quin at 9:27 AM on May 4, 2007
Problems with teh math.
There may or may not be. The quote you provide doesn't have enough information to tell. (Note the difference between "cases", "people" and "deaths".) posted by DU at 9:31 AM on May 4, 2007
Also, it looks like this recipe is for 'jello' eggs. Would you be fooled by a 'jello' egg? Would a 'jello' egg even harden again without cooling? posted by Comrade_robot at 9:34 AM on May 4, 2007
"The manager said, ‘This salt is bought on the black market. It’s cheaper by 50 yuan a jin.’ Later in the yard outside, I saw printed on the bags of salt the terrifying words, ‘Industrial Salt’, and ‘Not for human consumption.’" posted by RMD at 9:40 AM on May 4, 2007
China's food fears (part one)
You know, the problem there is that the Chinese FDA has broken down the network of trust that used to exist between the farmers, manufacturers and consumers. posted by fleetmouse at 9:54 AM on May 4, 2007
There may or may not be. The quote you provide doesn't have enough information to tell. (Note the difference between "cases", "people" and "deaths".)
in 2001, there were 185 cases of food poisoning, affecting about 15,715 people and causing 146 deaths
In 2003, the number of reported cases was ten times more than that in 2001, and the number of people suffered was as high as 29,660, including 262 deaths
The only way this could not have been a mistake would be -
1) If the number of "cases" is different from the number of "reported cases." This is possible, although it raises the question of how you would go about measuring unreported cases.
or
2) If "affected people" are different then "people who suffered." As someone who has had food poisoning, I assure you this is impossible. Suffering is pretty much all that food poisioning is good for. posted by Afroblanco at 9:59 AM on May 4, 2007
You know, when this actually happens and ISN'T a hoax, I hope all the world's scifi writers are locked up until the food product is properly named. Don't get me wrong. I love my scifi and scifi writers, but the last thing the world needs is the kind of clamor arising from thousands upon thousands of men and women screaming
(3) if "case of food poisoning" means a case of contamination of a quantity of food, not a case of "food poisoning" in the usual sense of the word (where it means something like: someone ate spoiled meat and got sick). posted by little miss manners at 10:04 AM on May 4, 2007
It does seem like a lot of materials and labor for something that you're going to sell for 3 cents. posted by Mister_A at 10:24 AM on May 4, 2007
As silly as Tofurkey is, no one's trying to pass that off as real turkey.
I'm with the majority opinion - this fake egg story is bullshit, but is making the rounds again because of the (real) melamine issue. posted by O9scar at 10:32 AM on May 4, 2007
Man, those Chinese will counterfeit anything, won't they? posted by Uther Bentrazor at 10:47 AM on May 4, 2007
Of course, there would be a shortage of chickens after thousands were killed to prevent the spread of bird flu. posted by Cranberry at 11:19 AM on May 4, 2007
I could have sworn I saw this on MeFi a year or so ago. Now I have no idea where I saw this originally... posted by CitrusFreak12 at 12:00 PM on May 4, 2007
How on earth could this possibly be less expensive or labor intensive than raising chickens? posted by stenseng at 1:08 PM on May 4, 2007
I mean, it literally costs you chicken feed to do... posted by stenseng at 1:08 PM on May 4, 2007
Confirmation that it's a hoax:
http://www.tian.cc/2007/05/hoax-chinese-counterfeit-eggs.html posted by Comrade_robot at 1:46 PM on May 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
Looks like we're entering another period of upsweeps in Asia related urban legends: fake eggs and soy sauce in China, sheep sold as poodles in Japan. The last Asian urban legend boom I can remember was back around the "Human foetus is a delicacy in Taiwan" period, in 2001, so it looks like a twice-a-decade cycle. posted by Bugbread at 6:10 PM on May 4, 2007
So a guy walks into a mechanics office and says "Doc, I have this Chinese machine that thinks it's a chicken..."
I just want to address the issue that although this may be a hoax, we are growing fish and cows in a petri dish posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 11:03 PM on May 4, 2007
So now they're not only counterfeiting eggs, they're even counterfeiting counterfeit egg alarm reports! This is worse than I thought. posted by pica at 1:29 AM on May 5, 2007
"Man-made chickens. . . DAMNEDEST little things! No bigger'n your fist." posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 11:35 AM on May 6, 2007
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