第二斧头帮: July 2010

7/30/2010

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大连海域清污---只有看外媒才会知道的

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The oil spill resulting from a pipeline explosion in the port city of Dalian on July 16th [see previous entry] is being cleaned up by a small army of fisherman, locals, and government workers manning over 250 oil-skimming vessels and 8,000 fishing boats - much of the work being done by hand. The spill, now contained according to authorities, grew to 430 square kilometers (165 sq mi), but was prevented from fouling international waters. The explosion was due to improper desulfurizer injections into the pipeline, according to a report by Xinhua, China's state news agency. As workers continue their efforts and watchdog groups like Greenpeace level criticism for what they call an inadequate response to date, Dalian Port has already resumed operations at two of its oil berths, the company said on Sunday. (38 photos total)

A worker cleans up oil at the oil spill site in the port near Dalian, China on July 23, 2010. Fuel exports remain temporarily halted, industry officials said amid continuing efforts to clean up an oil spill at the country's major port of Dalian. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Workers clean up oil spilled into Dalian Port, China on July 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A fisherman cleans up oil, placing oiled material into barrels near Dalian, China on July 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Jiang He/Greenpeace) #

A worker paddles his boat as he cleans up oil at an oil spill site near Dalian Port, China on July 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A fisherman scrapes his hands across the top of a barrel while cleaning part of an oil spill site in Dalian, China on July 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Jiang He/Greenpeace) #

Local fisherman scoop spilled oil from the surface of the water at the fishing village of Nantuo in Dalian, China on July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He) #

Local fishermen rest near pods of retrieved oil as they clean up oil which has spread far from the original explosion site in Xingang port, Dalian, northeastern China on July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He) #

A local fisherman works to clean up oil spilled into Dalian port in northeastern China on July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He) #

A fisherman works aboard a boat floating in an oil-covered port in Dalian, China on July 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Jiang He/Greenpeace) #

A boat travels through oil sheens from the oil spill site at a fishing port, where oil scooped from the sea is ferried for storing, in Dalian, Liaoning province on July 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Arthur JD/Greenpeace) #

Local fishermen ferry recovered oil from the spill site at Dayugou port in Dalian, Liaoning province July 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

Local fishermen work to haul recovered oil in barrels near Xingang port, Dalian, northeastern China on July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He) #

A worker arranges containers filled with oil cleaned up from the oil spill site at Beilianggang port in Dalian, Liaoning province July 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A man walks past barrels of oil scooped from the sea in Dalian, China on July 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Arthur JD) #

An oil-covered fisherman rests next to containers filled with oil cleaned up from the spill site at a port in Dalian, Liaoning province July 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

Fishermen scoop oil from the spill site in Dalian, Liaoning province, China on July 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Arthur JD/Greenpeace) #

A fisherman drinks while cleaning up oil in Dalian on July 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Jiang He/Greenpeace) #

A pigeon walks on an oily surface near Xinghai Bay seashore in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Jianfeng) #

A worker scoops oil from the spill site near Dalian Port, Liaoning province on July 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

Left: A woman waits to unload drums containing oil recovered from sea in the port city of Dalian, China on July 27, 2010. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images) - Right: An oil soaked Chinese woman looks up as she takes part in a clean up work at the Ganjingzi bay polluted by the oil spill in Dalian, China on July 26, 2010. (AP Photo) #

People walk along the coast affected by the oil spill in Dalian on July 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Jiang He/Greenpeace) #

Workers carry a container filled with oil collected at the spill site near Dalian Port on July 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A worker looks at his body stained with the oil next to buckets of oil recovered from water in the port city of Dalian, China on July 26, 2010. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images) #

Tourists rest beside protective booms which were placed to control leaked oil at the Fujia Bay bathing beach in Dalian, China on July 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A worker stands next to containers filled with recovered oil from the spill site near China's Dalian port on July 22, 2010. (REUTERS/Jiang He/Greenpeace) #

Fishermen clean up oil near Dalian Port, Liaoning province on July 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A worker shows his feet stained with oil in the port city of Dalian on July 26, 2010. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images) #

A fisherman transports drums containing recovered oil in the port city of Dalian, in China's Liaoning province on July 27, 2010. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images) #

A laborer scoops oil from the surface of Dalian port on July 22, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A worker removes oil from the surface of Dalian port on July 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

Workers clean up oil from the water at a dock in the port city of Dalian, China on July 27, 2010. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images) #

Fishermen scoop up oil sludge on the coast of Dalian, China on July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He) #

Chinese workers lay out absorbent material to soak up oil at Ganjingzi Bay, polluted by the oil spill in Dalianon July 26, 2010. (AP Photo)#

A fisherman collects seaweed covered with oil at the spill site near Dalian on July 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

Seashells coated with oil by the shore in Dalian on July 26, 2010. (REUTERS/Arthur JD/Greenpeace) #

A worker cleans up oil washed onto a beach near the spill site in Dalian on July 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer/Sheng Li) #

Workers clean oil from a beach using hand tools and heavy equipment near the oil spill site in Dalian on July 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A worker pours oil that he scooped up from the spill with a helmet into an oil drum, near Dalian port on July 22, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

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揭秘顶级美食鹅肝生产过程

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鹅肝酱是法国大餐中的顶级美食，口感细腻入口即化，昂贵的价格更让普通人难得一品其美味。但是法国却不是鹅肝生产的第一大国，因为其残忍的生产过程引起了法国国内动物保护组织的强烈反对，因此拥有悠久养鹅历史的匈牙利就成为了鹅肝的生产的第一大国。鹅肝的生产过程到底有多残忍呢？估计看过的人都不会对这个美食那么趋之若鹜了。

一只鹅如果活在匈牙利，恐怕几辈子都不会想再投胎做鹅。

作为全世界最大的鹅肝出口国，匈牙利农户几乎用尽了所有能想到的酷刑，培养每公斤30欧元的鹅肝。

出生在匈牙利南部欧罗夏扎养鹅场的小鹅，一生中只能过几个小时正常的"鹅生活"。它们出生没多久，就被当地农场主认领回家。

开始的12个星期，幼鹅被挤进小笼子，铁栅栏外只露出一排排脖子，固定在专门训练颈部肌肉的架子上。农场主每天增加喂食量，努力把小鹅的胃撑成一只面袋子。

等小鹅的颈部肌肉和肠胃都练得跟钢铁一样坚强，真正的酷刑才开始。

每天早、中、晚3次，农场主会把一个20~30厘米的铁管，直捅进鹅的喉咙深处。

12公斤玉米和其他饲料的混合物，就从这个管道填塞到成年鹅的胃里。来不及消化，又是下一顿。

18天以后，一副比正常鹅肝肿大6~10倍的脂肪肝就"大功告成"。只有这样病态肥胖的鹅肝，被小心翼翼、毫无破损地取出来烹调，才能制造出真正意义上的法国顶级鹅肝美味。少许一点破损的鹅肝，只好被碾碎制成鹅肝酱，价格么，当然也下降许多。

为了保证整块鹅肝肥腻、细嫩的口感，农场主还要尽量减少食物里的钙含量———发育期间没有足够的钙，鹅就会患上"软骨病"，懒洋洋地蹲在笼子里不动弹，体重更是呈几何级数地"爆发"出来。

左侧是被强行灌食之后的鹅肝，右侧是正常的鹅肝。

这样灌养出来的"脂肪肝鹅"，肝脏平均重量都能达到600~900克，最"胖"的鹅肝还能达到2公斤。

如此酷刑之下，许多匈牙利鹅从出生到死亡，连脚蹼都没沾过一滴水。

即使这些鹅不想吃东西，它们还是被逼进食。这枝铁管从牠们的喉咙直插至胃部，完全是为了将食物塞入牠们的身体，好让牠们的肝臟能够变得肥大。

窄小的笼子让牠们无法动弹，甚至连转身都不行，这样才不会因运动而让食物容易被消化掉。这种笼子只允许牠们站著，饲养它们的人认为这些鹅是不需要睡觉的，因为下一刻，牠们又会被抓去进食。即使牠们抵拒，但也是只徒劳。

这些鹅，它们除了嘴巴受损，喉咙受伤，还必须每天都要忍受胃痛、脚痛，而且被逼不可睡觉，又不准牠们随意动弹，就算连看一眼天空或河水的机会都没有。这些鹅每天都被逼不停食，为了得到比正常体积大很多倍的鹅肝，养殖场的工人用高压插管从鹅嘴直接插入鹅的食道，压入远远超过鹅所需要的食物，肝脏因超负荷工作体积异常增大，鹅的食道也因为一天三次反复插管早早溃烂，以至于喝的水都会从溃烂处变成血水流出来。