Many cooks spoil broth

BEIJING – Some 170 wedding banquet guests were rushed to hospital in north China when powdered rust remover was added to the pot instead of salt after they all decided it needed added flavour, Chinese media said.

In a bizarre coincidence, 61 wedding guests were taken to hospital with similar symptoms a day earlier after a duck-and-donkey-meat banquet in northwest China. In the rust remover case, the bride’s proud father invited 170 friends and relatives to the wedding banquet at a village in northern Hebei province on Friday, the night before the nuptials, the Beijing News said.”All food was stewed in a big pot but after dinner started, all of them felt the taste was too bland,” the newspaper said.Someone added what he or she thought was salt – several times.An hour later, the guests were being rushed to hospital.Duck, donkey meat, chicken and shrimp were the main dishes served at the dinner.-Nampa-ReutersIn the rust remover case, the bride’s proud father invited 170 friends and relatives to the wedding banquet at a village in northern Hebei province on Friday, the night before the nuptials, the Beijing News said.”All food was stewed in a big pot but after dinner started, all of them felt the taste was too bland,” the newspaper said.Someone added what he or she thought was salt – several times.An hour later, the guests were being rushed to hospital.Duck, donkey meat, chicken and shrimp were the main dishes served at the dinner.-Nampa-Reuters