Bat Meat Curry

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Bat meat still popular in parts of Indonesia, despite coronavirus fears
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MANADO: Bat meat is still popular in some parts of Indonesia, despite research suggesting the coronavirus spreading from China might have originated in bats before being passed on to humans.

Bats are traditionally eaten by the Minahasan people from North Sulawesi in the form of a curry-like dish called Paniki. Whole bats are used in Paniki, including the head and wings. "It (the coronavirus) has not affected sales," said bat seller Stenly Timbuleng at his stall in Tomohon, a city in North Sulawesi, south of the provincial capital of Manado.

"In fact... sales continue. It is always sold out." On an average day, Timbuleng sells 50-60 bats and during festive periods, he can sell up to 600.

"Bats are the favourite indigenous protein, particularly in North Sulawesi," Indonesian culinary expert and author of half a dozen of cookbooks, William W. Wongso, told Reuters.

"My favourite part is the wings," Wongso added.

Glands from the armpits and the neck of the bat are first removed to get rid of the bad smell.

It is then grilled or torched to get rid of the bat's hairs before being chopped and cooked in a stew of herbs, spices and coconut milk.

The coronavirus is believed to have originated in a food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was illegally selling wildlife. Health experts think it may have originated in bats and then passed to humans, possibly via another species,

In China, the virus has killed more than 1,000 and infected more than 42,700.

There are 319 coronavirus cases in 24 countries and territories outside of China, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese health officials.

None has been reported in Indonesia, but the outbreak has prompted many Manadonese restaurants in the capital, Jakarta, to take bats off the menu.

For Manadonese Jufry Mantak, the links between the coronavirus and his favourite dish have not put him off.

"We have not found any (coronavirus) cases in Manado. Up till now, there are still many people eating these bats. Because bats are good, especially when cooked with coconut milk."

 

[laksaboy]

Don't worry, Indonesia does not have a P4 virus lab. So it probably won't have a deadly virus which can be deployed as a political weapon.

Those who keep propagating the 'caused by eating bats' story are distracting you from the real cause.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Maybe tat explains why there is no wuhan virus in Indon land. Bats have the virus mixed with curry whereby the turmeric is anti bacterial= cure.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

The talk of the town now is that Indon land has no reported cases of the Wuhan virus...since there is no reported cases, have the indons got it right by not even bothering about it? Have indons been dropping dead on the streets by illness? They are still going about their business, getting killed by murderers and motor accidents etc...so its everyday life in indonland before and during the Wuhan virus...so if the indons are not panicking and basically not giving a damn,,,why should the rest of the world bother about a virus that kills less than the flu?