From the article: Unusual Chinese Food
If you've ever attended a Chinese banquet, chances are you've tried this prized delicacy consisting of gelatinous strands of shark's fin in a gourmet stock. However, Shark's Fin Soup has taken a lot of heat from the public and conservation groups in recent years, particularly since the release of the film Sharkwater. Some restaurants no longer serve it, and it's harder to find in Chinese cookbooks. Still, Shark’s Fin Soup remains very popular in China and among some Asian communities, due to its cultural significance and perceived health benefits. What do you think? Would you order a bowl of Shark's Fin Soup? Share Your Thoughts
sharks
- no, i would not eat sharks, nor should anyone else.their function is to keep the oceans clean. they eat sick fish and mammals.
- —Guest john woods
no
- no because it is extremely unsustainable and it will destroy the shark population
- —Guest person
No
- I wouldn't eat it because it is harmful and cruel to sharks all over and in some time they will be extinct! No affense to the shark fin soup cultral but this is the worst! They completly waste the shark and only use the fins without any empathy for them hoe rude and horrible!!
- —Guest Answers await
No
- I wouldn't eat it because it is harmful and cruel to sharks all over and in some time they will be extinct! No affense to the shark fin soup cultral but this is the worst! They completly waste the shark and only use the fins without any empathy for them hoe rude and horrible!!
- —Guest Answers await
No
- I wouldn't eat it because it is harmful and cruel to sharks all over and in some time they will be extinct! No affense to the shark fin soup cultral but this is the worst! They completly waste the shark and only use the fins without any empathy for them hoe rude and horrible!!
- —Guest Answers await
sharks
- killing sharks for their fins is like killing elephants for thir tusks. sharks are reall the garbarge men of the ocean.they eat those fish that are weak and will die and keep the ocean clean. the amount of people attacks are very small. you are likely to get killed by an elephant poacher.
- —Guest john woods
ajohnhay
- It's a pity this question is still being asked. In 2004, Jackie Chan had a powerful message on China Television, beseeching people to stop eating shark's fin soup. His images were exactly like those I remember from the fish market in Tamsui (Taiwan) in 1970, dozens of bloodied shark carcases pied up, waiting to be wasted. The question should be in the same category as rhino horn for medicine.
- —ajohnhay
learning
- Suppose the entire shark is harvested-what do we do with the fins>
- —Guest db
meaning no malice .
- I have been a chef many years and had made shark(not just the fins)in place of saward fish which its tecture and taste is very much the same---and very much less expencive. I didn't mean to infer that it's proper to kill the shark and (only) use the fins and wast the rest of the fish.Shark steak made right are just as good as a prim beef.
- —Guest Chef Victor
Never!
- I'm a PADI Scuba Instructor here in Finland and this is most stupid thing that I ever heard.I like seafood, but I respect aquatic life.
- —Guest Jari Hellman
Shark's Fin Soup
- Yes I would. Just love the soup, not had it for many years
- —keeengl
phil
- NEVER Sharks are caught, fins cut off then thrown back in the sea as waste- Asian fisheries ALL DO THIS endangered list next
- —Guest phil
Chef Victor
- As long as it's alowable,why not?? We eat just about anything that walks or flys.I have cooked shark many times,made right hmmmm. We eat them,they eat us! If sharks are killed for food and not sport I see no violation.
- —Guest Victor Robbin
silvertop
- yes i would i have had it in veitnam it is very good and i wish i could get it here in the u.s.a.
- —Guest jim
NO, NO, NO
- Shark fin has been identified as having the highest mercury content of any seafood. This would be especially be bad for pregnant women and children. Also, it is one of the most cruel ways for an animal to die - they cut off the fin and throw the shark back into the water to drown.
- —Susietahn
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