Who’s up for “Hand Shredded Ass Meat”?
After all, what Westerner has experience with foods like these? “Cowboy leg,” “Hand-shredded ass meat,” “Red-burned lion head,” “Strange flavor noodles,” “Blow-up flatfish with no result,” or “Tofu made by woman with freckles.”…
With few English speakers, restaurants usually translate their menus word by word directly from an English-Chinese dictionary. Or they just Google the Chinese characters. A photo that made the rounds online a few years ago got a chuckle from a lot of people: a restaurant with a large “page not found” sign above its door as its English name.
But the Beijing Municipal government hopes to end such unintended jokes with its new guidebook intended for the public and restaurants alike, “Enjoy Culinary Delights: The English Translation of Chinese Menus.”
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Is it any better than hand shredded dog a$$ meat?
JPeterman on April 21, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Barack is!
(Did I mention that Barack eats dogs?)
Rational Thought on April 21, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Tastes like chicken…
Gohawgs on April 21, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Nothing new here. Anyone who’s seen things like the Fail Blog have seen far worse than shredded ass meat. Anyhoo, I betcha they’re pushing this to make O’s doggone culinary habits sound more mainstream.
Fish maw? Time to go back to the drawing board with your translation efforts.
Buy Danish on April 21, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Can they ship it to Charlotte, NC?
Fallon on April 21, 2012 at 7:01 PM
Obama: Is that something like Hand Shredded Lassie Meat ?
burrata on April 21, 2012 at 7:05 PM
Just a little more gamey.
arnold ziffel on April 21, 2012 at 7:06 PM
has anyone seen those secret service guys lately? a grizzly might have caught up to them…
Steven McGregor on April 21, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Obama would like t try it as long as it isn’t too tough.
Bulletchaser on April 21, 2012 at 7:16 PM
According to urbandictionary, “hand shredded ass meat” is when you spank someone until both ass cheeks are red, then do it from behind…
kaltes on April 21, 2012 at 7:17 PM
Hand shredded ass meat is a big hit in Libya.
BL@KBIRD on April 21, 2012 at 7:19 PM
HA, it’s where I go to learn stuff I didn’t need to know.
arnold ziffel on April 21, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Sounds like what should be the end result of the GSA hearings. Well, that and what the Dems wind up as after November.
James Moriarty on April 21, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Me! Me! Me!
-Barney Frank
Dack Thrombosis on April 21, 2012 at 7:27 PM
We delivery.
forest on April 21, 2012 at 7:39 PM
Leading from behind.
FLconservative on April 21, 2012 at 7:44 PM
Does it come with a side, say, corn or something?
SouthernGent on April 21, 2012 at 8:12 PM
Let’s ask Obama the day after election day.
crosspatch on April 21, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Mmmmmm donkey meat … Eck!
MeatHeadinCA on April 21, 2012 at 8:27 PM
Michelle specializes more in shredding dog meat…
MeatHeadinCA on April 21, 2012 at 8:28 PM
I’ll take “fragrant meat” for a hundred.
Kenosha Kid on April 21, 2012 at 9:44 PM
I was curious to see, as of today, which story has more legs, Romney and dog crate or Obama eats dog. So I searched Twitter for Romney dog and Obama dog.
Obama tweets were running about six times those for Romney. Even a good proportion of the Romney tweets were about Obama.
Maybe means nothing, and maybe it’s just that the Obama story is (ostensibly) newer; certainly my methodology can be questioned. But despite all the mitigating for Obama — he was only a child, etc. — and fairly or unfairly, I think “Obama eats dog” is just a simpler, more striking, and, let’s face it, funnier anecdote. I think the White House and Gail Collins may be sorry they pursued dog stories.
bobs1196 on April 21, 2012 at 9:57 PM