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Chinese culinary art in 1992

Latest update:

"Beijing (AP)—Health officials closed down 92 restaurants in a single city (Luoyang) for putting opium poppy pods in food served to customers, an official newspaper has reported … in an attempt to get customers addicted to their food … health officials started getting suspicious when they saw that some noodle shops and food stalls were attracting long lines of customers while others nearby did little business."

(From Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up, ch. 15 by Dave Barry.)


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