Posted by Curious George (24.221.247.68) on March 20, 2003 at 16:56:16:
In Reply to: how to give the "vegan moral fitness test" posted by pork (68.55.164.40) on January 31, 2003 at 20:22:36:
Unfortunately, even though this cerebral meal can still be had in Southeast Asia, not Africa, restaurants now inebriate the monkey by giving it rice wine so that it is unconcious when the top part of its skull is cut off and the brain exposed. The old, traditional practice of placing the monkey in a box under the table and clamping the sides of its head below the ears to immobilize it is considered too cruel, even by Asian standards. No longer can diners watch tears welling up in the monkey's eyes and roll down its little infant monkey face. The sound of the little monkey's hands and feet wildly scratching and scrabbling against the walls of the metal box as it looks at each diner in turn in hopes of some sort of reprieve are no longer heard. Although infant macaques can be purchased at most of the Indonesian bird markets for about ten US dollars and butchered for you for a small fee, eating their brains is just not as much these days.Of course, since there are no animal cruelty laws in Indonesia, a person is free to purchase a monkey and take it home to be eaten in the old way. Personally, I think it's particularly amusing to watch a little monkey with the top of his skull removed running around the living room and climbing the drapes in an attempt to escape from other, still intact, monkeys intent on eating his brain. Most monkeys, and chimps too, really enjoy monkey brains. If you don't feed them for a couple of days, they will be very eager to dive into their little buddy's brain case. It goes without saying that the little monkey diners will later become the main course themselves.