Blue Pork

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Issue Date
2011-05-29Author
Hacker, Randi
Boyd, David
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Type
Recording, oral
Is part of series
Postcards from Asia;0231
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Broadcast Transcript: The Chinese have a centuries-old love affair with pork. It constitutes 70% of the meat in their diet. Mao Zedong even called pork a "national treasure." However, that pork was the "the other white meat," not phosphorescent blue. Yes. Blue. Shanghai supermarket shoppers were surprised when the pork they brought home recently glowed a faint blue under dim light. An investigation determined that the blue pork wasn't from alien pigs or a genetic modification gone terribly wrong. The blue glow was an uncommon byproduct of bacterial contamination. Although the health department said the pork was safe to eat after cooking, no one wanted to try. Can you blame them? While westerners will gladly eat Day-Glo orange sweet-and-sour pork, glowing blue meat is just too much. I will not eat it, Sam I am. I will not eat blue pork, no ma'am. #boyd #ceas #china #hacker
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This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
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