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Liuzhou Food revisited

posted Thursday, 19 October 2006
I have changed the link to Liuzhou Food Pictures.

The previous link was to an excellent set of pictures of local dishes (not mine) but is, unfortunately, on MSN Spaces. 99% of the time you reach a page telling you that

"This space is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

I'm not going to get into a rant about how terminally incompetent Microsoft are, but if you really want to try, the old link is here.

I then linked to another site, but it seems be equally unreliable.

So here are two galleries of  pictures accompanied by my rather loose translations. Warning! These do include dog dishes. Not food for dogs. Dog meat. If this offends you, read on!



In fairness, dog isn't eaten that often (only in winter), although snails are indeed very popular. So to bring you the full range, I have a new project. I will attempt to take as many pictures of dinner as I can and build up my own database of local food.

Get back to you when it is ready!

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1. Maria, Sweden left...
Saturday, 21 October 2006 5:34 pm

Thankyou for the beuatiful and mouth-watering pictures! Having lived in Guangzhou I am hard to offend, but I think I would pass on the intestines. The duck jaws look delicious! I know that Ya is duck - does Xiaba simply mean "jaws", or does it reveal anyting about cooking method, spices or the like? Again, thankyou for an enjoyable blog!


2. liuzhou left...
Saturday, 21 October 2006 6:27 pm :: http://liuzhou.blog-city.com

Xiaba (下巴)means 'lower jaw'.

Thank you for your kind comments


3. Orson left...
Tuesday, 24 October 2006 11:17 am

Hello Louzhou. I'm a Louzhouer but not living in louzhou. One year ago I have argued with you about the sense of presenting a "Guancai" as a gift. Do you remenber that? It made me sad that your blog was blocked for a long period. I'm really happy when I finded I can open the web again (your site is always in my "my favorites"). I really love your essays. They are insightful and humourous. These pictures make me feel that I am starving.

One thing, regarding "Qicun", you explained it as "something". You don't know it or you are not willing to tell it? If it is the first, I will tell you :-)


4. liuzhou left...
Saturday, 28 October 2006 8:22 pm :: http://liuzhou.blog-city.com

Go on! Tell us then!


5. Orson left...
Thursday, 2 November 2006 9:07 am

I was told that "Qicun" is rectum. That is the final portion of the intestine.


6. Orson left...
Thursday, 2 November 2006 9:09 am

Commonly pigs'.


7. liuzhou left...
Monday, 13 November 2006 1:49 pm :: http://liuzhou.blog-city.com

Thanks! I've eaten worse.

Should point out that the literal translation of "Qicun" is "seven inches"! And they say size doesn't matter?


8. James left...
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 7:56 pm

Can this story really be true?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7003032.ece

It seems hugely unlikely given that dog meat is the staple meat in parts of Guangxi and Guizhou. Besides, I would have thought the plight of dogs in China is pretty insignificant relative the (hundreds of) millions of pigs spending their entire lives in tiny sties next to outdoor toilets. It would be tragic if this entirely reasonable source of meat were banned presumably just to imply progress to a certain type of Western audience or, worse still, those dreadful urban Chinese who live their lives like some horrible Parisian cliché carrying around their ratty little dogs bedecked in absurd dog clothes.

Or is it just one of those draft laws put before the People's Congress to make a point rather than because it has any hope of becoming law? Hopefully. I may have to eat one of the vicious bull terriers from my local London park in protest, but I'm worried I may find its stomach full of nappy left over from its last meal.