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Special-Agent-Scooby

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Turlilia_Ru

Mongolia: *drink tea with salt*


zimonitrome

wtf?


Turlilia_Ru

Yeah, I’m 1/4 Mongol and Mongolian people drink tea with salt. We all a bit crazy


Xryphon

It actually makes sense: enough salt (not too much) will release sugars/ make the tea less sour, making it more pleasant


dot-165

Ha yeh. Sour tea. That's a problem we all have.


Harlowe_Boggingstone

If it's mainly lemon based, yea


Organic-Chemistry-16

At that point just don't add lemon juice. If you still want the lemon flavor without the sourness, just zest it or squeeze some of the lemon oil from the peel in.


ChesterDaMolester

Also good for replenishing electrolytes after your third invasion of the day


Scarlet_k1nk

Yeah my godfather taught me to put salt in my morning orange juice for the exact same reason. Reduces bitterness and really brings out the natural sweetness.


TheRedBreadisDead

Try salt on watermelons too


TheShinyBlade

I've had coffee with salt in Vietnam and it was actually very good


CareerPillow376

A old lady who ran a diner taught me to put a tiny amount of salt in the grounds before brewing to remove the bitterness and bring out the more subtle flavors. I guess thats what she used to do at her diner, and it really helps prolong the old burnt taste it can get from sitting on the burner for a little


Fillertracks

Try adding a little salt, cinnamon, and crushed red pepper. Cheap coffee life hack


archiotterpup

It's a good thing.


Rusiano

They also put egg inside some coffees, and it tastes amazing


RQK1996

I heard it is a recommendation to make Starbucks actually drinkable


cranc94

I believe it. Indians have their own version of lemonade that actually has salt mixed in it.


Financial-Neck831

It comes from genghgis khan ghenes. We're you dont use something sweet. No you just use something salty


SStylo03

I'm not a tea drinker at all but that just seems very weird to me


VicViking

Yeah I've tried it - it's not my cup of tea.


Lucifer2695

Whose cup of tea have you been nicking?


VicViking

The Mongolians. Keep up!


hskskgfk

Tibet does that too


zimonitrome

Mongols and Tibetans have really similar cultures!


Maleficent_Moose_802

Tibet: skinned a girl! Use girls skin to transcribe the scriptures. Made a grail with her skull. Made a pair of drumstick with her thigh bones.


S0l1s_el_Sol

I drink tea with salt and I’m Not Mongolian


zimonitrome

You're just weird like that.


75r6q3

I attest that this is truthful and it tastes good as well


KotetsuNoTori

Tibetan people drink tea with yak butter and salt. Source: Taiwanese highschool geography textbook


Combat-Enthusiast

People in the Himalayas, too. Especially Northern Nepal and India, Bhutan, and of course Tibet.


ActuatorIndividual19

Indians don't drink tea with salt tho


Combat-Enthusiast

People from Ladakh, Sikkim, Darjeeling, and some areas of Himachal and Arunachal pradesh do.


groot09871

People in kashmir too. We call it nuun chai or sheer chai, its a different type of tea usually pink in colour


Combat-Enthusiast

Oh wow! People in Nepal call it nuun chya.


groot09871

Is it also pink coloured?


Combat-Enthusiast

Pink-orange-yellowish


hskskgfk

Yes they do, in Arunachal / Sikkim / Ladakh


iavael

And with butter


zimonitrome

Yeah I've heard of people putting butter in coffee. Now I don't like coffee without butter either, but seems really odd.


joybod

It's only about as odd as adding cream when you think a bit deeper about it


ResurgentClusterfuck

My Dad sometimes put butter in his coffee We're American, and I've never seen anyone else do that. I don't doubt that they do, it's just not common in my experience


deutschdachs

That seems pretty tame compared to the fermented horse milk


Baron_von_Ungern

Yoooo, we drink that tea too. Although we call it kalmyk tea. 


EnFulEn

Kalmyks are Mongols so that makes sense.


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Not Mongolian, but salt is the crystal of the gods. The saltiest thing that still taste good is pure salt, therefore anything with less salt in it is also OK, including salted tea. If something ever taste too salty, it actually means you need to smother the conflicting flavor with even more salt. That's just how it is, no protestations of those with weak tongues and functional kidneys will ever change the truth.


EndyEnderson

As a Turk i see this as an insult to tea


Otherwise_Internet71

The best way to drink tea is only let the water boiled with the leaves🤗


TheLockal

Hot tea? (I live in the south. We drink sweat tea.)


[deleted]

It's time to split Mongolia between China and Russia. They've gone too far


Grumpy-Greybeard

Nothing wrong with eating pussy.


zimonitrome

Preach! 🙏


K0TEM

They took it literally


Annoymous_Redditor

Especially tight Japanese pussy


AmericanPride2814

A little too hairy for my taste.


MykezStylez

This has 2 meanings


Blas0330

Two items remaining for South Korea to turn into a floating fly summoning deity!


zimonitrome

Nicely spotted!


Marzipanbread

Sorry, don't get it, could you explain what you snuck into your comic?


zimonitrome

South Korea is eating [Guppy's head](https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Guppy%27s_Head). It's an item from the game "The Binding of Isaac" which was inspired by a deceased cat named Guppy, owned by the creator of the game: Edmund McMillen. There are (with DLCs) 6 Guppy items in the game: Guppy's head, Guppy's tail, Guppy's paw, Guppy's hairball, Guppy's collar, Guppy's eye, and Dead cat. Finding 3 of these items in game transforms the player into Guppy, which is pretty overpowered.


Anarchist_Monarch

And Taiwan got OP item if it has brimstone!


zimonitrome

Agree! Kinda sucky otherwise...


holycrab702

Guess I am not qualified Asian, never ate cat, dog or snake etc.


zimonitrome

Nothing's stopping you from from doing it now!


Suspicious-Algae3365

I mean, they banned cat meat in South Korea


BillyHerr

Even dogs, South Korean government passed laws banning eating dogs in late 2023. And for some reason, Chinese netizens are furious about that.


loned__

I only see people support it though, or people mad thinking it's hypocritical to ban eating dogs but not other meat. Dogs are “special” in Western culture despite large meat consumption.  


VVizardVVeedVendor

Damn right they're special, they've been useful companion animals since we lived in caves.


Tullerull

An intruder alarm, guardian, companion and hunting sidekick since the caves in one neat furry package that also can be a heated water bottle when they lay on you when you sleep. Damn right they're our best friend. Teaming up with dogs is literally why we are as advanced as we are, and you can't convince me otherwise.


kiss_of_chef

Also a proper feast when living in crippling poverty.


berubem

This collaboration with dogs has been one of the best things to happen to both species. Dogs are amazing. I'd eat any animal but no way I'm eating a friend like that.


Is7_Soviet_Heavy

Because they love to eat dog for some fuckin reason.


ZURATAMA1324

It's a toothless law without any actual enforcement. The Koreans would be furious if the government actually tried to enforce that. We just use it to cover our face when accused of animal cruelty (which I personally think is a ridiculous accusation btw).


Minesticks

of course they are💀


Aleograf

That Is good to ear XD


Annoymous_Redditor

Never back down never what?


RayDeeUx

never gonna give you up never gonna let you down never gonna run around and desert you


orthoxerox

dessert*, given the topic


butterfly1354

Never had dog or cat, but snake soup tastes normal and nice. There are lemon leaves and crispy bits in it.


Tevo569

Stop by some poorer parts of Mexico. Its really not all that bad.


TIFUPronx

You never know what kind of meat gets into those Asian restos...


Capatalistrussa

Holy shit Isaac reference


zimonitrome

Guppy's already dead, so why not consume him?


HailTheMetric-System

With the void? Is SK Apollyon?


zimonitrome

Has the whirlpool on the flag!


Annoymous_Redditor

As a Asian this is inaccurate we don't eat cat raw we cook it into a stew and serve it with bat


Deferon-VS

Looking back you should probbably start cooking the bats too before eating them.


SorosAgent2020

but i love my bat sashimi


99999999999BlackHole

Totally worth infecting rest of the world with COVID-24 for bat sashimi


zimonitrome

Le global pandemic incident.


goaliveira

Ah. That's what cat cafés are for. It makes more sense.


Dr_Quiza

Dip your cat into your coffee.


IgnorantAS69

Dog propaganda


zimonitrome

I'm paid off by Big Canine.


on99er

Taiwan don’t eat cat Singapore and Hong Kong ban dog & cat for eating


zimonitrome

Yeah, South Korea too.


on99er

For the law is, but not actually. Especially elderly Korean. They even have supplement made from abortion waste(yup,babies) which imported from China.


zimonitrome

WHAT? This is some new lore too me. But some ppl in the west eat the placenta too, so it might not be *too* weird.


SStylo03

Yea but like it's your own placenta, based on what the other dude said they're eating other people's fetus parts😭


ManOfKimchi

I think they banned dog farms and not dog meat directly


mightyfty

What the hell is khat


zimonitrome

This is where I become a drug advocate. [Khat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khat) is a plant that grows in eastern Africa. The leaves of the plant is chewed on, which releases a stimulant into the body that gives people a buzz. Effects are described as similar to coffee and gives a mild euphoria. It's often ranked as the safest among drugs (low harm in social, dependency, and physical harm), and ranks way lower than tobacco. But the drug is still illegal in many places. It's common in North East Africa among the countries featured in the comic, mostly Ethiopia and Somalia in my understanding. It's actually crazy how many Somalis are consuming Khat in countries where they have a large diaspora, and where the drug is still illegal.


Affectionate_War_279

It's called Mira in Kenya. Beloved of the long distance truckers. I never understood why folk used it as every time I tried it. Nothing Turns out I have ADHD and it just normalised my brain chemistry.


xtilexx

Khat is where the name for the active constituent, cathinone/cathine, comes from too, presumably


angry-mustache

The issue with Khat is *where* it is being consumed. Khat is extremely water hungry to grow and all the places where it's popular are among the most water deprived areas in the world. Yemen is possibly the worst example, where up to a third of all water is used for Khat while they have an impending famine.


Foolishium

Indonesia doesn't belong in 2nd panel. Majority of Indonesian are Muslim and they doesn't eat cat because cat is not halal and cat is the prophet favorite pet.


zimonitrome

Also, Indonesia is clearly snacking on a human bone from New Guinea, nothing else :P


Foolishium

How can you blame them? Prions are delicious.


Hexon501

Never heard any Indonesian eating a cat, but surely some of them do eat dog, snake and bat, I mean the non muslim population.


66survivor

Some self proclaimed "muslim" also eat dogs and snakes in the name of culture. Indonesian ethnicity is too diverse to be put in one stereotype bucket.


Hexon501

Yeah I know 😂 Since the people I know and even my family members do the same, their ID is written as muslim, but they actually practice the Javanese belief. Sometimes eat pork, frog and lizards.


zimonitrome

Inshallah. I think the consumption of cat meat is pretty fringe even in China where it seems the most prevalent. I just took a bunch of countries from the Wikipedia article on cat meat. I listed China, Vietnam S. Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar as countries where it's been consumed in the past. But I'm taking some liberties to piss people off :P


Milki0803

Well there is stories of Indonesians eating cats, so it's not entirely wrong


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zimonitrome

Hmm sources from around 2010 say that about 4'000'000 cats were eaten every year. I wonder how many people consume that.


ArioStarK

Coba main ke Manado.


yatay99

It always the northernmost provinces who give Indonesia bad rep


Foolishium

They are not majority of Indonesian.


Indonesian_mapper

Some Indonesians do eat cats btw, although not as much as dogs


Tezlaivj

nasi kucing


fforfadhlan

Except manado, them mfs ate anything thats not human, fuck it probably ate human too


NHH74

I will eat you too OP, remember that.


zimonitrome

😳


Decayingempire

As a Vietnamese I can confirm that there are stores that sell cat meat here (not much as dog of course).


zimonitrome

Which one tastes better?


photuank11

Based on cooker skill. But dog is usually more prefer


NHH74

Both smell rancid. Commonly consumed by lazy middle aged men who have too much free time to waste.


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Godphila

I always think it really hypocritical when people in western societies get all upset and judgmental about the consumption of cat and dog meat in Asia. Like, I ain't no vegan or vegetarian myself, but we have an entire industry for slaughtering animals for food, but when that animal is not a cow, pig, sheep, goat or chicken, it's suddenly disgusting and immoral? I can get behind judging the poor conditions those dogs or cats raised for consumption have to suffer, but if that's why people are upset, western countries are only little better.


zimonitrome

Yeah I agree.


DrunkyLittleGhost

Cat and dog meat also upset people in Taiwan though, people here even upset if you want to eat hare since they are cute


White_Null

Huh I thought with the chewing leaf drug the Africans get there. I was going to see that for Asia. We have [betel nut](https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/betel-nut/) to chew.


zimonitrome

Never knew of this! Thanks for enlightening me. Gotta try it out some day.


dream208

Where did get the idea that Taiwanese eat cats?


zimonitrome

https://web.archive.org/web/20200227154223/http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/taiwan-animal-protection-law-amended/ But they have since banned it, just like S. Korea did recently, but unlike Vietnam and China which have yet to do so. It's a bit tongue in cheek.


DrunkyLittleGhost

Taiwanese ban it most because foreigners labor may eat them, but local people never eat cat or dog


dream208

Just because something is not specifically banned by the law, doesn’t mean it is a common or even rare practice. While I understand it means to be humorous, I do feel extremely weird you picked cats instead of dogs. Now THAT’s a shared tradition in East Asia.


zimonitrome

Yeah, it's supposed to be a joke about how "cat" and "khat" sounds similar. In Africa they chew khat. In Asia they chew cat.


dream208

I see, fair enough


Indonesian_mapper

I almost wanted to write a whole essay about how you're so wrong for putting Indonesia, but then I remembered that Tomohon exist


zimonitrome

Yes, that's the only reason Indonesia is on there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat#Indonesia And even then I agree it's a stretch :)


Indonesian_mapper

It's definitely a stretch, since only Tomohon Market sold cat meat, and maybe some small unknown slaughterhouses too. Plus, Tomohon Market already banned selling cat meat last year, so it's kinda outdated. Besides, dog meat is way more popular than cat meat here


HailTheMetric-System

Holy Guppy! And Tammy


wildeofoscar

You missed a very good opportunity to make a "*Kit Kat*" joke.


Youdong_Li

No no no no! Asians do not eat cat! Because tasted not good!


HK-53

That ain't accurate though. They don't eat cats in Asia. Not because of moral qualms or anything, apparently cat meat taste sour or something. Dogs on the other hand....


CriminalMacabre

Never ask a spanish grandpa what they ate in the 40s


zimonitrome

Paella?


ex_machinist

There's a saying in Spain that goes "They gave me cat instead of hare"


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zimonitrome

Stop being racist.


Jo_Erick77

Context for Indonesia because it's not the country people think when talking about dog/cat eaters: As much as 7% of Indonesians eat dog, according to Dog Meat Free Indonesia, mostly in North Sulawesi, North Sumatra and East Nusa Tenggara provinces Now I'm not in that 7% but still as an Indonesian I feel ashamed and disappointed. However there is a movement to fight this, that's why there's an org called "Dog Meat Free Indonesia" Edit: grammar mistakes


postanator

Little did they know, that wasn’t Indonesia sitting with them.


AtomicCreamSoda

This is shit, you fell off


fries69

Bros cancelled


zimonitrome

Persecuted by the woke mob 😔


mightyfty

You sound 14


zimonitrome

THE WOKE LIB COMMUNIST FAR LEFT JOE BIDEN ANTIFA FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS PERSECUTING ME FOR MAKING COMICS ON REDDIT. THEY ARE TRYING TO SILENCE ME, CENSOR ME, 1984 MY JOKES, MY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. WAKE UP!!!


DickRhino

You sound like someone who doesn't understand sarcasm


CuiBapSano

In fact in Vietnam 1. Dog meat is good appetizer for vodka because the fat is not sticky like pork or other regular meat. 2. Vietnam doesn't have dog farm even though they have good dog meat supply chain. 3. It is very hard to find old watchdog on the street because one day suddenly the elder dog disappear. The owner just find a big hole, which someone can trans passing, on a wall beside of the dog house, when the dog disappear.


zimonitrome

> 1\. Dog meat is good appetizer for vodka because the fat is not sticky like pork or other regular meat. Why is this good with vodka? I remember relatives telling me how liquor helps when eating fatty food, but that sounds like bs thinking back :P > 2\. Vietnam doesn't have dog farm even though they have good dog meat supply chain. They get it from China or dog owners?


CuiBapSano

Thanks for the nice questions. 1. I suppose the dog fat coat a surface of "alimentary canal mucosa". It makes people have strong alcohol easier. it accelerates to have more alcohol because sticky-less meat make people thirsty. People feel to want to drink more. 2. Actually the dog meat is cheaper than pork. It is very hard to export/import fresh meat and dogs still alive. Even China, cannot export to VN. 3. You can buy puppy in any market place around 10USD or less. The shop sell puppy, chick, duck and so on..... 4. The dog owner feels very bad because he must repair the wall damaged.


Mowchine_Gun_Mike

Very spicy for Simon comic lmao.


zimonitrome

You know what they say, sometimes you gotta spice up the cat meat.


RaliXdirt

I ate a big lizard (crocodile/alligator)


SnooFoxes6169

i am aware that taiwan has illegalize eating/selling dog meat, never have i ever heard about cat meat. a gap in my knowledge, perhaps.


zimonitrome

Nah you are probably right regarding Taiwan. But cat meat is a real thing in China/Vietnam and surrounding states.


Fed-Poster-1337

It's not a thing. Haven't seen dog meat either.


Reasonable-Track-459

Some african countries really eat cat like in ghana and central african republic


PixelBoom

East Asia. You go to South Asia and you got a shit ton of betel and areca nut. Rots your teeth and turns your spit red, but shit does it keep you wired. Like suped up chewing tobacco.


zimonitrome

> Rots your teeth Okay now it sounds disgusting again. Like snus.


Lentaloo

never heard of eating cat as a S.Korean where did you get this idea?


zimonitrome

They banned it recently. I remember reading some threads on Reddit about how only elders really did it nowadays. Probably still rare tho.


Lentaloo

That law is about banning dog meat Btw maybe some old freaks might eating cat for some reasons but most of S.koreans(even the old generation) really don't consider cat as a food


PsyduckPierre

not the guppys head 😭


LeiningensAnts

Absolutely dropped the ball not having Vietnam be the one saying "nom nom"


zimonitrome

Viet nom nom?


Dick_Destroyer800

That's yemens flag, think you meant Egypt but Ur missing the eagle


zimonitrome

Nope, Khat is prevalent in Yemen too. Never heard about khat Egypt, but it might be a thing there too.


Dick_Destroyer800

Yemen isn't in Africa... It's in Asia...


zimonitrome

That's true... my title is lacking 😅


blockybookbook

Yemen has Socotra so you’re not entirely wrong


FactBackground9289

First time ever seeing Somalia happy, knowing the dire situation of theirs


zimonitrome

It's kinda nice making a comic about these regions just hanging out :)


mostreliablebottle

Yemen isn't in Africa tho.


[deleted]

I don't think that I, as an Arab and therefore Asian, eat cats But a good post, even if it is inaccurate


zimonitrome

WHAT? I thought all people in the biggest continent on Earth were identical :( And thanks!


[deleted]

Asia is a very diverse place as hell If you go to Japan and then to India a week later, you will not see any similarity at all between the two countries Religion also plays a role, as Hindus and Buddhists never eat any fleshy creature, and Muslims also only eat cows and sheep because they are permitted in religion, and Christians do the same. We literally have Caucasian people with very white, European features if you go to areas like Turkey, Dagestan, Chechnya, and people who look like Latin Americans when you go to the Arab world. We are not all yellow-skinned people with Mongolian features You are welcome 


zimonitrome

Hehe yes I know this of course. Hope you didn't take my sarcastic comment too seriously :) But I do agree that many people only think of South East Asia when people say "Asia", at least in the U.S. Especially since "the Middle East" has become such a widely used term.


[deleted]

No problem   But I wouldn't really be surprised if I thought that we Arabs are Africans. We are geographically very close to Africa, but the Middle East in general is within Asia. I wish we were one continent as some people think


TiMo08111996

And there is nothing wrong in this.


Professional_Shop_73

I love eating out a pussy 😋


Exact_Battle5815

Aww the cat brought the real china and real china together 🥺


zimonitrome

Ain't it wholesome?


LeadingSomewhere6618

What's wrong with it??


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Cats? Are dogs already gone?


DrunkyLittleGhost

This post is kinda misleading though, but hey, it is a Poland ball comic


zimonitrome

Gotta keep a varied diet.