Only recently did I find out that part of it was a dried up deer foetus. Not even sure we were allowed to take it through the toll. She still has the bag in our freezer with other dead edible animals like shrimp, porkchops and minced beef. Guess it fit there in some bizzare way, but sure hope she wont be using it in her otherwiase great dishes.

@Tam: I’ve had both shark’s fin soup and sea urchin. The shark’s fin is a lot like noodles. I guess the way they prepare it is to let it soak until it seperates into soft noodle-like needles. Sea urchin is just all wrong.

To be fair (or rather, balanced), Western medicine also comes with its share of inhumanity – though it tends to breed its own species to wipe out.