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Extreme Cuisine 2

Another bizarre food I'm inquiring about for my research is monkey brains - apparently this was once a delicacy in China. Does anyone know if it still exists? ...full story at Virtual Tourist

from Virtual Tourist on Sun, Nov 11 2007

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