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I just read about 'gutter oil'. It's recycled from grease traps and garbage bins - yum. It's sold on the black market to street vendors cheap and has been found in a lot of processed foods in HK, Taiwan, China, and to a lesser extent SEA. Is it a problem here ? LINK: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wor ... his-video/

wackyjacky wrote:I just read about 'gutter oil'. It's recycled from grease traps and garbage bins - yum. It's sold on the black market to street vendors cheap and has been found in a lot of processed foods in HK, Taiwan, China, and to a lesser extent SEA. Is it a problem here ? LINK: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wor ... his-video/

Good find, pretty scary. Just found this while googling gutter oil

More big chains have been drawn into the scandal over the use of old or tainted cooking oil in Hong Kong, as it emerged on Monday that cakes made with “gutter oil” had been sold by 7-Eleven, Starbucks and Café Express among others.

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/arti ... l?page=all

Good lord, that's been common knowledge in China for at least a decade now... it's why I spent three years living on imported food that I cooked myself when I lived there.

TheGrinchSR wrote:Good lord, that's been common knowledge in China for at least a decade now... it's why I spent three years living on imported food that I cooked myself when I lived there.

Evidently for centuries:

Kunming, the capital city of China’s Yunnan province, is having problems dealing with recycled cooking oil – often derisively referred to as “gutter oil”. City municipal officials told the Chinese media that the problems with “gutter oil” have existed for centuries.

One official, Xi Qingyang, said they dated back to the time of China’s Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912). ’’The problem of ‘gutter oil’ has been around since the Qing Dynasty, and all of a sudden we have been ordered to regulate it,’’ Xi said. “This can not be done,” he told Yunnan Information Daily. http://www.scmp.com/article/1270196/kun ... omes-stall

I knew about recycling old cooking, but thought this was obtained from restaurant "discards" I never knew they recovered it from the sewer!

I wonder if any of it makes its way to Cambodia. Bon appetite Scooby and gang, karpet bagger karma.

juansweetpotato wrote:I wonder if any of it makes its way to Cambodia. Bon appetite Scooby and gang, karpet bagger karma.

Seriously, dude, wtf does this have to do with K440?

Jaap N. wrote:

juansweetpotato wrote:I wonder if any of it makes its way to Cambodia. Bon appetite Scooby and gang, karpet bagger karma.

Seriously, dude, wtf does this have to do with K440?

Jaap you read K440. They are always going on about fine dining experiences in PP restaurants while totally spreading false info about prices of everyday food stuffs / flats for rent etc. Used to really piss me off. Seeing as I can't dig them in the ribs over there anymore and I know they here, I thought I'd wind them up with it again. Just a one off even if they try to wind me up over here in a similar fashion more often.

Need to escape Asia, the quality of the food in the last 5 or so years requires it. Spent the majority of my life eating healthy food, last 5 years ... Also I guess you have forgotten K440 /CEO history and some of the other posters comments on here. I think I have explained myself enough don't you? If you want to have a go at me, please do it over there. They seem to still be enjoying it.

juansweetpotato wrote:

Jaap N. wrote:

juansweetpotato wrote:I wonder if any of it makes its way to Cambodia. Bon appetite Scooby and gang, karpet bagger karma.

Seriously, dude, wtf does this have to do with K440?

Jaap you read K440. They are always going on about fine dining experiences in PP restaurants while totally spreading false rumors about prices of everyday food stuffs. Used to really piss me off. Seeing as I can't dig them in the ribs over there anymore and I know they here, I thought I'd wind them up with it again. Just a one off even if they try to wind me up over here in a similar fashion more often.

Need to escape Asia, the quality of the food in the last 5 or so years requires it. Spent the majority of my life eating healthy food, last 5 years ... Also I guess you have forgotten K440 /CEO history and some of the other posters comments on here. I think I have explained myself enough don't you? If you want to have a go at me, please do it over there. They seem to still be enjoying it.

I'm not having a go at you but if I did I would certainly not do it there, I know you can't post over there, so what would be the use of that?

This thread is about cooking oil that's been used many times and then you come up with a link to K440 that nobody will understand. Well, that is, I didn't. You 'explained' it now, but tbh it sounds a bit frustrated... 'always going on about fine dining experiences in PP restaurants while totally spreading false rumors about prices of everyday food stuffs' Seriously?
You need to learn to let go, wind them up? We're not in Highschool anymore. But, whatever floats your boat!

I see you miss my point entirely. Glad you focus on me, well there's just no pleasing you. lol
They use oil here too you know. Where do they source most of their supplies from now?
BTW spreading misinformation about prices on a Cambodian internet forum is a major crime afaic. It's bad enough having the Khmers charge barang higher prices without having barang carpetbaggers backing them up and trying to do even worse.
I would prefer for you to attack me over there.

juansweetpotato wrote:I see you miss my point entirely. Glad you focus on me, well there's just no pleasing you. lol
They use oil here too you know. Where do they source most of their supplies from now?
BTW spreading misinformation about prices on a Cambodian internet forum is a major crime afaic. It's bad enough having the Khmers charge barang higher prices without having barang carpetbaggers backing them up and trying to do even worse.
I would prefer for you to attack me over there.

Now you are just being silly, major crime?