Walmart, Chinese Style
- Categories: International, News
- Date: May 24, 2010 22:39 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, China, Food, Guro, Made in China, Shopping, USA
Walmart’s Chinese stores have recently been the subject of some attention for their unusual selection of merchandise, to western eyes at least. Live frogs and iced crocodile are amongst the most innocuous products seen in Chinese shops, but not normally the sort of thing seen in a Walmart…
A lack of cat or dog meat unfortunately precludes an enjoyable media frenzy in the US, although it is probably best not to enquire too deeply into the content of some of these foodstuffs.
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That man suit is calling out to most of you .. O.O
Believe me in saying this, but a lot of Chinese friends or schoolmates I knew are pretty revulsed at lousy Chinese goods and exotic "cuisine". Unless they have parents who are very naive and believe in urban myths about health benefits of eating certain exotic animals, most Chinese do not even touch this stuff. Likewise, EVERY Korean person I have ever known pretty much revulse at the thought of eating dogs nowadays. Though eating barbecued silkworm coccoons and live squid and stuff are apparently still pretty vogue. lol
Most of my Korean students have eatten dog meat, they're just fine with it, it's just not easy for foreigners to find since they know a lot of outsiders look down on it. But really, it's no diff than eatting any other meat.
Anti-bacterial.... lol
Read closer~
"Anti-bacteral"
If that's really a full-man suit, why does it have a waist band like normal boxers/pants? >_>
Dude, it's China... -_-
Dude...We used to make jokes that Americans would scream at a whole fish with heads being served to them, because all they eat are fish fillets
um, yeah he can. and i think he just did. he's neither right or wrong because it's just an opinion.
personally, i see nothing wrong with the pictures above. or anything in any of the "china style" articles. then again, i do go skipping on a daily bases. its' just so darn cheap.
Dude... Have you considered that sausages also come from the intestines of the animal itself? Then also take account that Japan serve fresh animal organs ranging from the heart to the intestines, without being cooked at all. And it's considered a delicacy.
You can't just say something is weird or creepy just because you weren't brought up with it.
Some looked tasty, some looked disgusting, but at least it's anti-bacterial!
@Anon 02:42
Little do you know, majority of the asian supermarkets in the US are like that. Minus the alligators and stacked up eels. Some people do soak meat in water for hours prior to cooking.
You can prepare the meat as you like. I've already eaten it deep fried, it's delicious. It tastes like chicken, and the texture is something between fish and chicken.
"Pig's snouts are just plain creepy."
It's not that bad, the crocs and frogs were weird fore sure, but we have worse in the west. Have you ever visited a Butchery? have you seen how they make sausages? have you ever pondered that yogurt is a cow's bodily fluids in a state of putrefaction?
Excuse me, I think I'm hungry now.
All i saw was meat and was starting to think walmart china looked meaty. Then i scrolled down a bit further and saw the pants. FUUUUUUUUUUU.
L O FUCKING L @ SEWAGE OIL rofllll
How do you peel the alligator? It is eadable? They deep fry it or bake it?
Like another poster said Asian Supermarkets here in the US do this all the time, and the open air meat/fish markets in S. Korea are the same way. I personally saw raw fish sitting on crates next to the road with nothing but rock salt thrown over it in the middle of summer. If you want fresh you get it in the morning, but you pay a premium for it. The longer it sits out the cheaper it gets.
Is that some sewage oil in the last pic? ^_^
@Anon 02.45
IINM, in Spain, they roast and eat a pig whole.
Its a delicacy, I think. A relative still hurls at the thought of such memories.
So it should be normal for Spanish people who have seen this.
WTF China, seriously, this is not healthy at all, everyone touching the same piece of alligator and who knows where their hands been!! the Pig's snouts are just plain creepy.
ror! chinese warmalt.
hahaha i see what you did there
The Big Question;
Is the oil REALLY "oil"?
And is the orange juice REALLY "orange juice"? O.O
Was that a onesies man. Does it snap on at the bottom too...
I never saw Alligator in any of the stores I visited in China, mostly Carrefour and Hao You Duo, I avoid Wal-mart cause its evil, but all the rest was pretty normal and common things to find in the stores, Never bothered me as an American.
Walmart is Evil?
Interesting. Exactly why? Because they employ Asian workers or because they underpay their workers?
Did you know in Asia they are hailed as heros? They brought jobs to China. They continue to bring jobs to the Chinese that pay better than average wages.
Maybe its because you've been listening to the American hype about how Walmart abuses America.
I don't know. Just a fellow American, living in China, frustrated with the Chinese system. However, I acknowledge when someone does right by someone else, and Walmart has done nothing TO us, but they've done a LOT for China.
>>>#13
You just had to sneak in a "trap" in this gallery as well, eh Arte?
that is so not right. humans eat crocodile. that is not cool. still not a good idea.
The only thing I's got to ask in those pics...
Why do some of those products have English on them for a Chinese public?
I get Japanese since for all intent they learned English in school.. but China?
Looks like a standard chinese supermarket. I guess the only shocker here is that it's in walmart.
Oh but I've never seen crocodile for sale. Not that it surprises me. Certainly you can eat it. Looks kinda cool actually.
Why does it feel like whenever there's English text amongst Chinese text that it's more disgusting than the rest?
Love going to Chinese markets and laugh at all the incorrect spelling of words in English.
Pict No11. Somekind of internal organs.Tiger testicle perhaps.Saw one during a trip.
The frogs aren't that weird...it tastes like sweetened chicken.
But I'm reall curious about what the alligators must taste like.
Tastes like chicken too, if only a bit tougher from what I heard... In fact it may be argued that old chicken tastes like croc meat instead, having no taste of it's own...
lol Chinese Wally-world
各位洋大人真是无知的可以。
这些肉制品毫无问题，而且我可以担保比我在法国吃到的肉都要好
果汁配食用油的确奇怪了，但会有爱贪便宜的大妈去在意的
最后的内衣，那是呆在货架最底层的那一类，唯一的错误就是应该写拼音而不是英语
Translation from Google translate:
"Members of foreigners can be really ignorant.
The meat without any problem, and I can guarantee than I eat meat in France have a good
Indeed, strange fruit juice with oil, but will love to be cheap to care for aunt
Finally underwear, that is to stay the kind of the bottom shelf, the only mistake is that you should write in English spelling, rather than."
yes, foreign members can be ignorant, but if this all new to you. "welcome to the internet". The fact that you seem offended is a bit of a concern as you didnt try to understand that the title "Wallmart chinese style" is a form of satire or juxtapositional humour (as wallmart is in a different culture to chinese; a different culture).
Also, please comment in English(most of the readers use English), or at least use Traditional characters (so i can read more easily)
why the fuck would they use traditional? Mainland Chinese use simplify, not 鸟语.
Appearntly you don't realize the fact that most people here speaks in English instead of Chinese. You're just as ignorant as the rest of us.
you moron! use the live translation
Looks yummy.
No, seriously, who cares.
It's not because it's uncommon, that it's bad.
In the Islam their eyes, we're barbarians, because we eat pig meat.
It's just culture dependant, they're both meat. It's not less cruel to kill a cow than to kill an alligator. Maybe it's uncommon, but if you eat animals, don't start to act hypocritic when other cultures eat other animals.
I've ate frog legs quite often, bought some to do them myself too but it was freezed, and there was only the legs, considering how little there is on one leg (once cooked), I don't think they buy it whole just for that.
Anyone here ever have properly prepared Gator tail? It's a Florida delicacy, freaking awesome. The stuff I had was spicy I don't know if its naturally like that but it's also kinda fishy.
well bet ya didn't know many schools in china if not all of them nowadays offers english as their third main course only after chinese and math. I know cause I took a full six years of english main course during elementary school back in china..anyways damn the crocodiles making me hungry!
nasty fucks.. eat beef chicken or pizza.. for gods sakes
XD goooo pizza
What's wrong with crocodiles. I've seen them on menu on a restaurant in UK. No, it's not a Chinese restaurant.
There's no problem with the corn oil by the way. The fish is the trademark of the brand name, which read golden dragon fish. It also correctly labelled as corn oil in Chinese.
where is this.. oh china... as usual...
though i wanna try the crocs, wanna find if they really taste like chicken, as what many said
Anti-Bacterial dong hammocks??? Crazy Chinese!
If you go to a Chinese import supermarket at Olympiades in Paris, you'll see so much of that stuff O_O
I'd eat most of those things, food is food! Seriously, and I'd do it while wearing that fruity number.
- BlueMarvelLegion (Find me on a "chan"
Go to the Chinese import supermarket that is around Olympiades in Paris.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING O_o
Ahh, I've finally found a place to buy ingredients for my magic potions
u mess with the chinese well chop u p and put u in the meat stand pretending ur animal meat >:l jk
Ah, crocodile/alligators.
I've had fried alligator meat in Louisiana before. It was delicious.
Fried snake looks delicious
So Walmart and Communism can go hand-in-hand...
You know you're jaded when almost none of this so much as slightly revluses you. Probably the only thing I found disturbing was the fifth from the last pic, where everyone there was handling raw meat of different sorts with their bare hands. A cross-contamination nightmare. In the U.S. at least it's packaged individually(chalk food safety here up to the USDA/FDA).
Of course I think of orange juice when I buy corn oil! Genius, Walmart, just genius.
Why don't they have crocodile at the walmarts near me!
"Honey, can you pick up some orange juice please? Oh and a fuck-tonne of cooking oil. Maybe there's an offer on. You never know, we do live in china afterall."
Why does the ear of corn on the label in the last pic have fins and gills and a tail? Did China crossbreed fish and corn? Ha ha! Those nutty Communists!
I also take it those frogs are not in the pet section. They are the coolest critters on the planet. Don't eat them, you bastards!
Frog legs... yum
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Wtf? You can really eat that???
Crocodile meat taste like fish and chicken...how disappointing. I wish they were like beef!!! BEEFY BEEF BEEF!!!
Well fuck you too China! All I wanted was for the neighbors to see me carry home a big fucking reptile, maybe get some street cred, and enjoy something exotic for dinner. But no, you're actually going to make me gut and scale this mutha. I don't even want it now. I'm buying that man suit instead. It's SCREAMING my name.
lol
Not surprisingly that is exactly what a China normal supermarket is like, though I don't remember seeing any crocodiles being sold while I was living there. The markets in cities are a little bit cleaner than this so I suspect this is in a less urban area than where I am from(I'm in New Zealand right now).
For dog meats, they are common, but not in supermarkets but in side stores(some of my relatives eat them, so does my dad before(but he's stopped that).
Personally I have never heard of any Chinese that sales or eats cat meat(I own a cat, and I would smash the closets person that kills cat).
Those stuffs are eatable, but soooo much fake Chinese stuff makes me /facepam.
Are you sure "THAT" in the last picture is CORN OIL?
LOL
Of course it is. There's even a picture of corn on the bottle.
thats sick man i mean wtf? they didnt put a cover to the frogs they could escape and get dirty omg wat sick ppl on that wallmart =/
pffft the frogs 2 scared 2 jump fear the chinese we eat all ALL
probably that's their secret for winning most gold medal in Olympic aside from melamine milk, sewer cooking oil and other recyclable food.
yes it is XD
WRONG they are not toads. They are Frogs. The coloration and size is around 80% similar to the Bull Frog, these however are a little too much green.
They may be sitting in some kind of chemical bath that prevents them from doing much. That... or they got ligaments in the legs torn to prevent it, similar to how some people will clip the primary feathers on a bird so it cant fly anymore
Chinese style! thatS awesome!! YES WE WILL EAT ANYTHING ！YOU NEXT！
I've eaten croc shaslik in thailand. it taste like chicken, only more jelly-like.
china also has counterfeit eggs! look at this video and be disgusted!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ortMIxJPEDc&feature=player_embedded [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ortMIxJPEDc&feature=player_embedded]
we can counterfeit anything
Still, I think it's better to buy extremely fresh meat (by that I mean still living) than some american sausages 50% of which are chemicals
Agreed, ever read about Advanced Meat Recovery and Mechanically Separated Meat? Let's just say that it's not exactly meat per se...
The best minced meat for burgers or sausages comes from cuts from an animal you'd recognize...
Mmm, billions people touching the meat you're gonna eat~ ... :I
I like how the Corn Oil and the juice and stuck together so you have to buy both. Marketing business~ x'D
(must smell horrible in there!)
The juice is a freebie, comes with the cooking oil... Fighting senior citizens to get the best cuts for your cooking is thirsty work...
Its surprising how squeamish many people are towards these things; to me it's something that happens daily in my life so i don't really mind.
This is due to some people's minds being conditioned during their upbringing so they will squeal when they see something that they don't consider as normal.
croc meat tastes like chicken... only tougher.... but then.... anything you not sure taste like chicken....
But really croc meat tastes like over cooked chicken....
006 looks like eels.......
i dont really see anything too weird, supermarket sells according to local demand, i dont think you would find certain western food products in china either.
Apart for the usual spelling mistakes which make all of us laugh lol
The only thing I didn't get why it is weird is the corn oil. Sure it has a slightly weird name that has nothing to do with corn or oil, but other than that, it is just plain old boring corn oil.
It's bunched with orange juice. It's like you're going out to buy some corn oil and then the store clerk goes, oh, you'll want orange juice with that! Slightly weird.
I guess I don't find it weird because it is common to bunch stuff where I live. You get like dishes if you buy detergent, random kid's pencil cases if you get Milo, etc...
Nah, there are worse market places here in my country.
I love chinese cuisine, given that the ingredients used are clean. As long as my health wont be jeopardized, I would gladly eat any kind of animal as long as its delicious.
I'm not dead and non of my relatives(I have a lot) has died from food poisoning yet.
The pork's heads and dried meat are actually considered very normal even for the overseas Chinese.
I was actually expecting more of the horror movie type, like ant queen, larvae and others "rich in protein". Those you'd only find in mainland China.
So I guess the only things that are truly considered weird for this collection of photos in this article would be the crocs, the frogs and the mansuit.
OMG Queen Larvae(if I recall correctly what you Queen Larvae is into Chinese) their really nice, though my best friend went to China with me(he's western) didn't' touch them. They are commonly found in inner areas of China and doesn't taste bad at all(been having them since I was a kid).
A very normal line of merchandise for Chinese. But, wat's wrong with them?
I don't know if I see anything out off origin, but think about the method they use to make those thing look fresh all the time is what chill me to the core.