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Monkey brains is a supposed dish consisting of, at least, partially, the brain of some species of monkey or ape. While animal brains have been consumed in various cuisines (e.g. eggs and brains or fried brain sandwiches), there is debate about whether monkey brains have actually been consumed. In Western popular culture its consumption is ...
Qing emperors ate monkey brains during feasts known as the Manchu Han Imperial banquet. [100] According to Stephen Chen, the son of chef Joyce Chen, Qing emperors "were partial to scooping out the brain of a living monkey for a tasty treat, and the practice continues to this day, particularly in some southern provinces". [95]
In Chinese cuisine, brain is a delicacy in Chongqing or Sichuan cuisine, and it is often cooked in spicy hot pot or barbecued. In the southern part of China, pig brain is used for tianma zhunao tang. In South India, goat brain curry (మేక మెదడు కూర) or fry (మేక మెదడు వేపుడు) is a delicacy. Mumbai ...
Monkey meat has traditionally been viewed as a "prized (delicacy)" in Chinese cuisine, and is also believed to have medicinal qualities. In early 1934, the consumption of monkey meat alongside that of monkey brains was banned in Guangdong ; an edict declared that "monkey(s) possess many of the traits of man, and also a considerable amount of ...
Cloning a rhesus monkey. The Chinese team, based in Shanghai and Beijing, used a modified version of SCNT in their work on cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) and tweaked the technique ...
"Mind-monkey" (心猿) is an exemplary animal metaphor.Some figures of speech are cross-linguistically common, verging upon linguistic universals; many languages use "monkey" or "ape" words to mean "mimic", for instance, Italian scimmiottare "to mock; to mimic" < scimmia "monkey; ape", Japanese sarumane (猿真似 [lit. "monkey imitation"] "copycat; superficial imitation"), and English monkey ...
I am very skeptical of the claim that Chinese (or any people) traditionally ate monkey brains, especially the notion of eating live monkey's brains. I've noticed both here and in the Wikipedia article about "Monkey brains" someone cites as evidence for this practice in Han Dynasty China an article by religious professor Holly Gayley.
The "Eight Mountain Delicacies" includes such dishes as camel's hump, bear's paws, monkey's brains, ape's lips, leopard fetuses, rhinoceros tails, and deer tendons. The "Eight Land Delicacies" includes several precious fowls and mushrooms, and the "Eight Sea Delicacies" includes dried sea cucumbers , shark's fin , bird's nest soup and others.