07-16-2012, 05:29 PM
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Sharkfin Soup in Calgary is Banned!
Shark fin going to disappear faster than Thornton in the playoffs! Good for them. Finning is one of the worst practices of harvesting food in the world!
Although it's super tasty, it's all about the broth and shark fin doesn't even have a taste to it. It's like a bland gummy bear. I've had a $500 bowl of shark fin soup before and it tastes no different than a $5 fake shark fin soup from the Richmond night market.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...736/story.html
Shark fin soup is a pricey delicacy, and by October it will be an outlawed delicacy in Calgary.Council voted 13-2 to ban the possession of shark fins in the city, following the move of several North American jurisdictions to use legislation to denounce the gruesome way the fins are cut from live sharks.
Canada doesn’t ban the import of fins, though it’s illegal in Canadian waters to engage in “finning” — ripping the fins off living sharks and then tossing them back to die in the water.
Ald. Brian Pincott, who led the anti-finning charge, secured more than 20 letters of support from Chinese Calgarians. Among them were the head of the Sien Lok Society, and an owner of the Regency Palace restaurant that serves the fin soup but is phasing it out for younger generations and their wedding banquets.
It also won support from Ald. John Mar, council’s only Chinese member. He quipped that he and sharks have an agreement: “I don’t eat you and you don’t eat me.”
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07-16-2012, 05:33 PM
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who were the two who weren't on board with this? I was disgusted that it was still allowed in our city.
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07-16-2012, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Now what am I going to do with this shark tank in my basement? Another ruined business.
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07-16-2012, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by The Goon
Now what am I going to do with this shark tank in my basement? Another ruined business.
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You can start a new business on how to get rid of the homeless.
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07-16-2012, 05:35 PM
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Your avatar disturbs me more than shark finning.
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07-16-2012, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by habernac
who were the two who weren't on board with this? I was disgusted that it was still allowed in our city.
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Does one of them have chinatown in his ward?
The only council dissenters were Alds. Jim Stevenson and Andre Chabot, who both argued that it wasn’t city hall’s place to crack down on what businesses can and can’t sell.
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07-16-2012, 05:36 PM
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Obligatory "City hall wasting time on stupid stuff when there are more pressing issues" post.
Which is an absurd argument, as this took very minimal time for council to take care of.
Edit: Chinatown falls in Farrell's ward I believe.
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07-16-2012, 05:39 PM
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broke the first rule
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Originally Posted by The Goon
Now what am I going to do with this shark tank in my basement? Another ruined business.
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Sharkwagon Racing?
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07-16-2012, 06:24 PM
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This will not stop them from making it.
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07-16-2012, 06:30 PM
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Sharkfin soup taste horrible.
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07-16-2012, 06:30 PM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by fotze
What if they promise to eat the rest of the shark. Ok, we'll really grind the shark up and make hot dogs out of it?
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Shark meat, especially the small ones the fins come from, is very high in amonia. It's not an edible meat. They sell some weird seafood in Chinatown. If there was a way to eat shark, you can bet someone would take the meat back and sell it.
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07-16-2012, 06:36 PM
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Don't click that link!
Join Date: Apr 2006
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I guess I'll have a panda burger instead.
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07-16-2012, 06:39 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by alan21
I guess I'll have a panda burger instead.
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and don't forget to get the bamboo shoots on the side!
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07-16-2012, 06:41 PM
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Some of my Wife's extended family in Malaysia were trying to show off their wealth when we visited them a while back.
I refused to eat Sharkfin soup (at some fancy restaurant) and they didn't appreciate it.
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07-16-2012, 06:41 PM
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I guess I'll have a panda burger instead.
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Good ole Kentucky Fried Panda.
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07-16-2012, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Sharkfin soup taste horrible.
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Especially at $50 a bowl 
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07-16-2012, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tvp2003
Especially at $50 a bowl |
Are you kidding me?
WOW, my buddy married a chinese girl in San Jose, and there were 500 + people at the wedding. Sharkfin soup was one of the many things on the menu....I would not like to see the price tag for that feed.
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07-16-2012, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Are you kidding me?
WOW, my buddy married a chinese girl in San Jose, and there were 500 + people at the wedding. Sharkfin soup was one of the many things on the menu....I would not like to see the price tag for that feed.
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Well there is your problem right there. San Jose and alot of places in the states have terrible chinese food. Sharkfin soup may be many things but terrible tasting is not one of that. Well at least in a good chinese restaurant.
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07-16-2012, 07:57 PM
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So you've had a bowl of shark Finn and are so against it? I'm confused.
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07-16-2012, 08:12 PM
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Haven't had any in ages. The funny thing about it, is that it probably started as a way to eat every scrap that you had. Turning it into soup was one of the most palatable ways to go about this. Nowadays its lost its meaning. The soup itself is delicious because so much time and effort is placed into the broth but the fin is fairly bland or even terrible tasting.
The soup doesn't need to go, but the fins in it do. Not only for environmental but for culinary reasons too.
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