A farmer's market I iz a goin'!

So taking a small walk thru town, in a flea-market-esque area, where people pretty much sell their wares. Clothes, jewellery, crap, animals, veggies, oh, and medicine... kinda.

Herbalism is big here, and since I've grown up with it, wasn't too different for me to see that all sorts of fungi, herbs, and such were on display.

What really got me a little culture shocked was the animals for sale. Now I am not talking about pets, I am talking about food. Chickens, geese, and fish/shellfish I can deal with. Dogs, cats, turtles, and frog, well, a bit weird for me. Yes, Asian culture has been known to have either Fido or Mr. Whiskers at the end of the chopstick, but I can't fathom Man's-best-friend or loving companion as something on your dinner plate. I remember listening to Jim Rome talk about the Koreans eating dog... yeah. My last memory of actually eating dog, didn't turn out so well for me, and I was 7 at the time.

Anyways, more on the market, I got to see someone gut a frog with a pair of scissors. Head first, then throat to thorax, then snipping out the inner organs, and then the final piece, which I con only theorize is the brain stem... And then thrown into a bowl while the frog is twitching. Yes, great memories of the place to be had in that moment...

On a lighter note, I found some Eddie Bauer knock-offs that fit me. @ 25RMB each it was a steal. *shrug*