Gordon Ramsay tries Sharks fin soup. Verdict: tasteless

[Mockngbrd]

 

 

[Darryn]

 

 

 

Wa - the shark's fin spoils the broth and the taste is bizarre.

 

Go Gordon!

 

[Toapayohkid]

i don't like shark fin but screw him. who is this ang moh to tell me what i like and want to eat. cuisine is cultural.

[Darryn]

i don't like shark fin but screw him. who is this ang moh to tell me what i like and want to eat. cuisine is cultural.

 

Why screw him?

 

 

He's offering an opinion. And he's just as right to offer it as the next guy that says roast beef sucks.

 

[Trebuchet]

I believe Toapayohkid is just offering his opinion on Gordon's opinion, Captain Crusader.

[Darryn]

I believe Toapayohkid is just offering his opinion on Gordon's opinion, Captain Crusader.

 

Well screw him for offering an opion on an opinion. What makes him think he is qualified to do that?

 

Seriously though, Ramsay has built a show on being abrasive. Why get upset and fling insults based on race and be so sensitive? So he doesn't like shark's fin -- -big deal.

 

His opinion has zero inpact on whether or not I continue to eat it - it seems very thin skinned to get upset by what he says.

[Toapayohkid]

Why screw him?

 

 

He's offering an opinion. And he's just as right to offer it as the next guy that says roast beef sucks.

 

ok i get what u mean but my intention is that he is right to say it is awful etc but it was done i suspect in the wider context of killing sharks for their fins is a vile practice, his "documentary" shark bait.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/201...msay-shark-bait

 

compare let's say this pompous ramsey with anthony bourdain in their shows (different shows and different themes i know but can guess that ramsey has i-know-it-best attitude).

[Soya]

compare let's say this pompous ramsey with anthony bourdain in their shows (different shows and different themes i know but can guess that ramsey has i-know-it-best attitude).

 

 

tink all these 'celebrity' chefs quite full of it. throw a few fresh ingredients here n there, decorate the plate, give the dish an unncessarily long & detailed description and everyone goes 'wow'.

 

personally, i tink the zhi char chef down at fatty weng got more cooking skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Watwheels]

Actually I do agree there's no taste on the shark's fin except for the broth. Nothing fantastic really, tedious to prepare and not to mention expensive. I rather have bbq sting ray(another species of shark) over shark's fin soup.

[Acieed]

I'm not for eating sharks fins. But animal rights can be a political game. Who is to say that the cruelty against other animals such as milk cows and egg chickens are less than that of sharks ?

 

Most milk cow and egg farms are owned by Fortune 500 corporations in the U.S.

 

[Relagsingh]

Well screw him for offering an opion on an opinion. What makes him think he is qualified to do that?

 

Seriously though, Ramsay has built a show on being abrasive. Why get upset and fling insults based on race and be so sensitive? So he doesn't like shark's fin -- -big deal.

 

His opinion has zero inpact on whether or not I continue to eat it - it seems very thin skinned to get upset by what he says.

 

Feed him to the sharks. I'm sure they'll find Ramsay tasty.

 

But gotta knock him out cold 1st or else his meat will get hard if he struggles and swears.

[Mockngbrd]

I'm not for eating sharks fins. But animal rights can be a political game. Who is to say that the cruelty against other animals such as milk cows and egg chickens are less than that of sharks ?

 

Most milk cow and egg farms are owned by Fortune 500 corporations in the U.S.

i think difference between sharks fin and most other meats we eat is for sharks, they just chop off the fins and throw the rest of it back into the sea to die.

at least for most other meats, we use up most if not all of the animal.

 

 

[Watwheels]

I'm not for eating sharks fins. But animal rights can be a political game. Who is to say that the cruelty against other animals such as milk cows and egg chickens are less than that of sharks ?

 

Most milk cow and egg farms are owned by Fortune 500 corporations in the U.S.

Did you not see the shark's fin & tails were harvested while it was still alive and dan thrown back into the sea? I mean the shark is still alive but w/o any fins or tail. I dunno about you but I think that's cruel even for an animal of the sea.

[Acieed]

Really ? The cows and chickens live happily in their tiny cages, getting mechanically milked by machines every day, sometimes bleeding because the machine won't stop. Or unnaturally lay 2-3 eggs every day. I suppose the perception is they live several years a happy life, then cut up for meat when they stop producing eggs and milk in their old age. Is this not an industrial view of animal cruelty ? Productivity ?

 

And the sharks ? They are left to die in the ocean... uhh. I don't have any shark friends to know them well, but it doesn't seem like they would care if their meat are being eaten or not after they suffer to death.

 

i think difference between sharks fin and most other meats we eat is for sharks, they just chop off the fins and throw the rest of it back into the sea to die.

at least for most other meats, we use up most if not all of the animal.

 

[Acieed]

Yeah, my point is how different is this from cruelty against poultry and calf who are caged in tiny cages for years until they can no longer produce milk or eggs, they are cut up for meat. Suffer for days vs. suffer for years in fear then cut up for meat.

 

 

I'm not an animal right activist, but I also have sympathy for sharks -- I don't buy sharks fins. The fact is most of the current policies are industry-driven for human needs. I would say cruelty to sharks is just as bad as cruelty to industrial milk cows and chicken producing eggs, but the Western media selectively targets a certain cause.

 

Did you not see the shark's fin & tails were harvested while it was still alive and dan thrown back into the sea? I mean the shark is still alive but w/o any fins or tail. I dunno about you but I think that's cruel even for an animal of the sea.

 

[Watwheels]

Yeah, my point is how different is this from cruelty against poultry and calf who are caged in tiny cages for years until they can no longer produce milk or eggs, they are cut up for meat. Suffer for days vs. suffer for years in fear then cut up for meat.

 

 

I'm not an animal right activist, but I also have sympathy for sharks -- I don't buy sharks fins. The fact is most of the current policies are industry-driven for human needs. I would say cruelty to sharks is just as bad as cruelty to industrial milk cows and chicken producing eggs, but the Western media selectively targets a certain cause.

Ok. Perhaps there should be some kind of control on harvesting of shark's fin. Since farm animals like chickens & cows are pretty much well managed and cultivated. There's some kind of system but not for sharks, fishermen just harvest even it's an endangered species and baby sharks caught are not thrown back into the sea.

[Darryn]

Ok. Perhaps there should be some kind of control on harvesting of shark's fin. Since farm animals like chickens & cows are pretty much well managed and cultivated. There's some kind of system but not for sharks, fishermen just harvest even it's an endangered species and baby sharks caught are not thrown back into the sea.

 

Depends on what you mean by "well managed" and how much you care.

 

 

A chicken's life is actually pretty horrible - but I don't give a s--t, I want cheap chicken.

[Acieed]

I would agree with debate and regulation. Same with other farmed animals -- they are well managed but whether the processes are cruel to animals, its subjective and debatable.

 

There is a lot of blame on Asia for everything because we are painted as "uneducated pigs" by Western media. I read an article in National Geographic some time back, which mentioned how Asia has become a centre of wild life trade, but a lot of the buyers are actually from the West -- ironically these people may be operating Zoo's and Safari Parks in the name of animal conservation or zoo's but are buying up animals in the wild who should be living freely, in the wild.

 

Ok. Perhaps there should be some kind of control on harvesting of shark's fin. Since farm animals like chickens & cows are pretty much well managed and cultivated. There's some kind of system but not for sharks, fishermen just harvest even it's an endangered species and baby sharks caught are not thrown back into the sea.