Outdoor Market
Wherever I go, I seem to always take pictures of dead fish. There's just such a wide variety. Always something I haven't seen before. The open markets in Hong Kong were a new experience. First off, it's very hot and humid and combined with dead animals, it doesn't add up to a pleasant smell. There are some signs reminding people about food safety, but refrigeration is still very undervalued. The solution is buy it fresh. So fresh, you saw it alive. The picture below shows a fish vendor. There's some shallow tanks where the fish swim around, and when the customer picks it out, they toss it back to the guy with the knife, and 3 seconds later it's gutted and in your bag.
There was also a vendor with cages and live chickens near the cart with dead chickens. Fortunately I didn't see them kill any chickens. The other interesting thing is that chickens and ducks, even when you buy it at a supermarket, still have their heads on. The long neck is turned back and the head is tucked under the wing, so the packaging looks the same except you got this chicken head pointing up behind the wing. I guess I don't like to be reminded that what I'm buying was an animal and that it had a head. I can also assume the head stays with it because people like eating it. Which made me wonder...what happens to all the chicken heads in the US? Cat food anyone?
There was also a vendor with cages and live chickens near the cart with dead chickens. Fortunately I didn't see them kill any chickens. The other interesting thing is that chickens and ducks, even when you buy it at a supermarket, still have their heads on. The long neck is turned back and the head is tucked under the wing, so the packaging looks the same except you got this chicken head pointing up behind the wing. I guess I don't like to be reminded that what I'm buying was an animal and that it had a head. I can also assume the head stays with it because people like eating it. Which made me wonder...what happens to all the chicken heads in the US? Cat food anyone?
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