Thursday, August 16, 2007

Blue-ear Pig Disease

There is a new virus coming out of China that is infecting and killing tens of millions of pigs. You can get the entire story in the New York Times. Apparently, this virus has been around for a while in various parts of the world but it has never killed the pig. So the experts think that the virus has mutated to a virulent strain. There is no report as of yet of the virus infecting humans. But the virus is now in 25 of 33 provinces in China. And of course, China won't provide samples to international health organizations. This is very disappointing because all we eat are pork. We buy our meats from a private company that delivers to our apartment. And they sell organic pork. Of course there is no way to know for sure whether it is organic, but it tastes just like pork does in the US and there has been no complaints in the expat community. And trust me, this is a community that likes to complain. We don't eat much beef because it tastes different here, and not in a good way. We only eat salmon because they are all imported from Australia. We shy away from chicken because there is still remnants of the bird flu in Southeast Asia. So now we are becoming vegetarians. Not that it is a bad thing. Anyone has a good recipe for tofu??

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