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To Eat or Not to Eat (The Truth Behind Shark Finning (They can't…
To Eat or Not to Eat
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Shark Fin Soup
To the Chinese, shark fin soup isn't just a luxury -- it's a major part of our lives and our culture.
It is a huge part of the menu, and guests will look at you oddly if you don't serve it.
It is served in most restaurants, and it's a symbol of status and wealth, obligatory in big, grand feasts/functions.
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Shark fin soup is really just thick chicken broth with lots of meat slices and things like that. The fins itself are tasteless. They're there to provide some texture.
My Opinion
As Jason Y Ng said, you can easily substitute the shark fins with something else. You don't have to indulge in such cruelty and wastage -- for those fins, the entire shark just got handed a death sentence.
It's more stubborn tradition than anything else, so why can't we let it go? We can take action by not ordering shark fin soup when we're at a restaurant and raise more awareness about it. It's something we can afford to sacrifice.
Although, many Chinese people enjoy drinking this traditional soup. I personally dislike it, mainly because of the cruelty treated towards these animals.
I've tried the soup and it's alright -- the process is very cruel, and all for naught because you can take out the shark fins and it'll still taste the same. I think it's time to let go of our traditions for once before more shark species become extinct.
Although in the Chinese culture they consider drinking this soup a luxury, but I think that their must be other alternatives to drinking this soup as a whole live animal, just like ourselves, is killed and sacrificed just for their fins.
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