In fact, the Spanish also eat sea cucumber. But the Chinese subscribe to the notion that there is no basic distinction between foods and medicines, and ever since Shen Nong tasted the hundred herbs, all manner of weird and wonderful plants and animals have found their way onto Chinese menus.
西班牙也有人吃海參，但中國人因食療同源的觀念，神農嚐百草，千奇百怪的動植物都進了食物榜單。