{"id":951,"date":"2007-09-14T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=951"},"modified":"2007-09-14T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-14T08:30:00","slug":"living-in-a-land-with-no-fridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"living in a land with no fridges"},"content":{"rendered":"
For a while now, I have been providing flashbacks to my visit to China in 1999, but I also visited in 1992. Back then China was just emerging from the years of communist rule and the economy was starting to develop into a market economy. But it still had a long way to go.In Australia we always take note of the live fish in the windows of Chinese restaurants, and some snobby Australians turn their noses up at this tradition. They think it is distasteful. But I found in China very quickly that in fact it is a good sensible way of knowing that you are not going to die of food poisoning. In a country where there is no refrigeration and food is food fresh, rather than pickled or salted, it is vital to know that your food is fresh. There can be no fresher food than that has been recently slaughtered. So any enterprising restaurant owner will go a long way to prove that their food is fresh.
\nFor seafood proving that the food is fresh means showing that it is still alive and looking healthy. For meat, it meant having the meat proudly on display on a counter and letting the patron see the food taken away to be cooked.
\nNow that there are fridges and more importantly the electricity to run them, this presentation method is much less common.
\n 
\nFrom: <\/strong>“dolly fury” <lipsstick_1@hotmail.com><\/span>
\nSubject: <\/strong>art by labor\u00a0 BRAVO<\/span>
\nDate: <\/strong>14 September 2007 10:44:28 PM AEST<\/span>
\nTo: <\/strong>Peter.Garrett.MP@aph.gov.au, legal@your.abc.net.au, azzah9@yahoo.com, info@bretthilder.com, undatoka@hotmail.com, whozisdis@yahoo.com, r.fitzpatrick@dlalc.org.au, bvwilkinson@23mill.com, m.mckew@claxtonspeakers.com.au, Ombudsman@ombudsman.gov.au, petersarstedt@blueyonder.co.uk, feedback@panmacmillan.com.au, dateline@sbs.com.au, todayshow@nine.com.au, jraadsma@dmgradio.com.au, tonyfields2000@yahoo.com, jwheeler@bigpond.net.au, mail@yewenyi.net, rwilkins@nine.com.au, dclewett@dmgradio.com.au<\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/article.aspx?id=296229<\/span>
\nthank god!!!<\/span>
\nthis year was the first no film from oz in cannes<\/span>
\nit was my intention to make film of neverland [second landing which was at pearl beach]<\/span>
\ni realised i couldnt while still being hacked which is wot started new rounds of complaints re corrupt police and hacking and then threats once more from corrupt police, who do not wish to be exposed at any cost.<\/span>
\nand my camera broken<\/span>
\nI wanted to make it in darkinjung with english subtitles from the view of women and children.<\/span>
\n\u00a0Patonga is darkinjung for pearl.<\/span>
\n 
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lipstickgallery\/449992815\/<\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lipstickgallery\/453308930\/<\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lipstickgallery\/446793544\/in\/photostream\/<\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lipstickgallery\/454578380\/in\/photostream\u00a0<\/span>
\ngod I will be glad when the dark years are over.<\/span>
\nall the very best Peter.<\/span>
\nYou will make an excellent Minister of the Arts.<\/span>
\nits like we havent even had one for more than 10 years.<\/span>
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