‘Save on gas’: China’s heatwave ‘cooks’ live shrimp in a bag of water on way home from supermarket
- China is experiencing unusually high temperatures, with many cities reporting average highs of 38 degrees
- The unseasonal weather has seen many rivers, lakes and reservoirs drastically shrink, with some now empty
On Saturday, a woman, surnamed Fang, from Xinyang in central China’s Henan province, discovered the crustaceans dead in their water-filled bag less than an hour after purchase.
She bought the shrimp around 9am and arrived home less than an hour later. Several had turned bright red as if they’d been cooked in boiling water as the temperature hit 41 degrees Celsius that day.
“When I bought them, they were very fresh — all were alive and kicking,” Fang told Bailu Video.
“It was probably the hot weather. I once put the bag on the ground which was scalding. I also placed them on the back seat of my electric bike and it was boiling hot at that time.
“In this kind of weather, you’d better try not to go outside ... best to stay in a room equipped with air conditioning.”