Tuesday, October 9, 2007

M E A T




Sorry if these pics ruined your appetite. I had the pleasure of spending several hours outside of a sausage shop observing this slaughter. I was walking along one morning exploring the city and noticed a live cow in the back of a small van driving down the street. It stopped a couple blocks in front of me. I was curious so I sat down on some stairs accross the street. A man and his apprentice began by sharpening their knives and slitting the cows throat. It's muscles were still twitching an hour later. In the second picture here the bovine's skin is the white cloth you see under its carcus. If the pictures and description disgust you...just know that I didn't even mention some of the gross parts of the process. Harbin is known in China for its beer and sausage.

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