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Snake bite chicken is a controversial dish served in Guangdong and Chongqing China,though its exact origin is unknown. The dish consist of a venomous snake being forced to bite a chicken. After the chicken is envenomated and dies,it is then served.
The foshan dish cooking method is made by forcing a venomous snake to bite a chicken. The chicken is bitten and poisoned through the head. [1] [ permanent dead link ] It may take more than 10 minutes for the chicken to die. A strong chicken may require several bites. [1] [ permanent dead link ] After the chicken dies,it can be served in a pan for 98 Chinese yuan. If it is served with both the chicken and the snake,it costs 118 yuan. [1] [ permanent dead link ]
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A controversial video was made from a Guangdong restaurant. [1] [ permanent dead link ] It was then broadcast and generated a large number of anti-Cantonese comments. [2] [ dead link ] When a reporter asked a notable professor from Sun Yat-sen University about the health benefit of the dish,he claimed that it was only his first time of hearing about the dish. [1] Health authorities in Guangdong have already told restaurants to stop serving the dish. Chongqing have also joined in. [3]
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