This is really nasty. China has been using hair as a source for amino acids used in an artificial soy sauce. Article.
Oh man. So many jokes. So very many jokes. Can’t. Contain. Them.
GAAH!
“I’m sorry, Sir, we’ve run out of soy sauce.”
“You’re hairy. Go make some.”
“Waiter! There’s a hair in my fried rice!”
“So sorry, Sir. Apparently we didn’t brew that batch long enough.”
“Could I have some soy sauce, please?”
“Blonde or brunette?”
[Sign] “Free sushi roll with donation of shavings!”
[Store sign] “Golden Mane Barber & Sashimi Palace”
But seriously – is there a shortage of real soy sauce that they feel there’s a need to synthesize it?
That’s why you must read the label on soy sauce. If you read hydrolized protein, put it back on the shelf. Proper soy sauce contains water, soybeans, and salt. Wheat is okay, and maybe a wee bit of preservative.
Hydrolized protein is not usually human hair. More often, it is made from cowhide and hooves, “curing” for months in vats of chemicals that break down the protein.
I have always hated soy sauce and this is the best reason to hete it I can think of. I’m not to keen on the traditional method, but at least medical watse isn’t in it.
This made the news in Japan at least a couple of years ago. What got me is that the point of concern wasn’t that it was made from hair, but that the chemicals they were using to extract the amino acids from the hair could be harmful.
I saw that it was from 2004, but it’s new news for me. I don’t buy stuff from China that may contain lead in the paint, because their known to ship a lot of products that have banned material in them. They sent a bunch of kids clothing with tie strings to a major retailer last year. Hood strings have been banned since the 1970’s I think. I saw that American Girl has a recall on some kids jewelry that was made with lead. They’ve been known to use dog or cat fur to trim coats sent to the USA. I see that the expansion policies of the last decade has caught up to them enviromentaly. I believe it’s the China Sea that has had massive red tides, because of the industries in the area.
They should just rename it soylent sauce.
:smack:
Well, that certainly bets the-hair-in-the-soap eek factor by a couple orders of magnitude.
This whole thing is very odd. They collect the hair from barbershops, salons, and hospitals, and then filter out the condoms and needles. WTF?
Did anyone else notice the name of the research group? Queers Network Research? Double WTF?
Maybe they found that gay hair works best.
Or maybe it’s an Engrishification of “Queens.”
Just a hair so.
Gaaack! Would the people who ate that soy sauce technically be cannibals?
Best line of the day!
I did, and was about to post my own WTF, before I saw your post.
Who knew soybeans were so expensive?
I know that I have the browser filters set right, because I don’t see the wonderful Google Ads.