'(15 Dec 2007) 1. Pan sign translates as \"Snake King Hip�, then to snake shop 2. Wide a man eating snake soup in the shop 3. Close, snake soup 4. Close, man eating snake soup 5. Pan menu on wall to man eating snake soup 6. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) customer, name unknown: \"It (snake soup) is good for the body, sending away the coldness, I am so addicted to it.\" 7. Wide, shop owner Chau Ka-ling filling snake soup in a bowl 8. Wide, a man adding white pepper into the snake soup 9. Close, man eating snake soup 10. Wide, snake soup (far left), lemon grass (top), snake and turtle soup (far right), crispy chips (bottom) on table 11. Various, snake soup 12. Close, lemon grass 13. Close, crispy chips 14. Shop owner Chau Ka-ling taking out a butch of cooked snake meat from a big pot 15. Various, boiling snake meat in a pot 16. A man separating snake meat from bones 17. Close, man 18. Close, snake meat being separated from bones 19. Wide, shop owner Chau Ka-ling taking out a King Cobra from box, CHAU holding snake facing camera 20. Chau putting King Cobra around her neck 21. Close, head of King Cobra suddenly jump forward to bite camera lens 22. Wide, newspapers on wall about Chau catching snakes 23. Pan photo showing Chau catching a King Cobra 24. Newspapers showing photos of Chau catching snakes 25. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Chau Ka-ling, shop owner: \"It takes a long time to cook the soup. We put snake and chicken in the soup. After eating the soup, you will feel warm and therefore reduce the chances of catching a cold. Snake bones are rich in calcium and protein. It relaxes and energizes our muscles and bones. Snake soup also alleviates bone pain which comes from rheumatism. Sometimes Chinese medicine is added to enhance the curing power.� 26. Chau showing photos of bruises on her arm after snake bites 27. Close, photos of arms after snake bites 28. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Chau Ka-ling, shop owner: \"In 1997 I caught a King Cobra weighing more than 10 pounds, just like the one I played with just now. I didn\'t know it was a King Cobra. We thought it was a normal snake so we only brought some simple tools. When we arrived at the scene we realised the snake was as thick as a fire hose. It was very dangerous.� 29. Wide, snake wine 20. Tile down a snake inside a bottle of wine 21. A paper writing in Chinese \"Snake turtle soup\" 22. A paper writing in Chinese \"Snake soup\" 23. Tile down customers inside snake restaurant 24. Close, customers eating LEAD-IN: Snakes may look scary to some, but their richness in protein and complete lack of fat makes them an ideal meal for many in Hong Kong. STORYLINE: In China, snakes make for popular winter food. They are believed to be good for the body and help combat the cold. Snake soup is the flagship dish of one Hong Kong restaurant. A customer says he has been eating snake soup for many years and is addicted to it. Lemon grass and crispy chips are added to snake soup as part of the seasoning. The shop sells about 600 bowls of soup each day, consuming roughly 1800 snakes weighing a total of 25Kg. Snakes are killed and the skin is removed. It is then boiled in hot water until it is well-done. When it is cool, the meat is separated from bones and mixed with chicken, ginger, snake bones and Chinese herbs to stew for five hours. Chau Ka-ling, the shop owner, believes snake soup can reduce the chance of catching a cold because it energizes the body. She says snake soup is rich in calcium and protein, so can strengthen muscles and bones. Chinese medicine is sometimes added as a cure to certain diseases. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2b9dcf1580502238d305768d56a9fa03'
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