Monday, April 30, 2007

Pigs before roasting

For a change, a lighter topic: What do you see in this picture?

1. Succulent roasted pork (燒肉、燒腩、叉燒) before roasting?

2. 2. Slaughtered pigs delivered to a roasted meat shop (燒臘店) from the slaughter house, a common sight around Hong Kong early in the morning.

3. Animals in undignified postures?

4. Cute pigs cruelly murdered?

5. It cannot be avoided but it is still better not to see it?

2 comments:

tabbycat said...

I think my eyes are getting messed up. When I first glanced at your photo, I saw -- DUCKS IN BASKETS.

No, I have no idea why I saw that. But I swear to you that's what I thought at first. So maybe you should add that to your list :-D

StephenC said...

Originally the title of this article was going to be "Pigs in baskets" - a play on "Pig in a blanket" (sausages and pancakes).

But I thought my girls would probably say I shouldn't make fun of the poor pigs. Taking their pictures in such a state was bad enough. :(