I don't see anything wrong with eating dog meat. I liken it to eating any other meat, cow, pig, chicken, etc. To each his/her own. Just because its not a common thing in American culture doesn't make it wrong, as some people seem to believe.
It's a cultural bias. The French eat horse, and some people would find that sickening. Having dogs as pets is a very strong reason. Some people treat dogs as true members of their family. Eating a dog to them would be like eating a cousin. It's odd that despite that feeling, we send millions and millions of pets to be euthanized every year...
But hey, it would save tax payers' money to fund dog pounds and such. No more problems with strays, it can't be that bad.
..... ........yeah ive seen the movie a million times..but i cant quote it directly...its at the end when theyre at the diner..you know... why dont you eat bacon? a pig is a filthy animal. yeah but pork chops taste good, bacon tastes good. any animal that doesnt have enough sense not to roll around its own filth, i wont eat. yeah but a dogs not a filthy animal, using the same logic you could eat a dog. Yeah but a dog's got personality, and personality goes a long way. so what if there was a pig with personality? well it would have to be one charming mother f***ing pig.. i mean it would have to be 10 times as charming as that pig from green acres.. damn i butchered that bad...but never the less its a classic... i could read a thread with strictly just pulp fiction quotes all day... ...moochie norris dribbling too much and trading jason collier for kobe threads....those are a different story...
MY family has a longstanding tradition of eating the family dog after he or she passes. I am thirty now and in my lifetime I have had and eaten two border collies, a mutt, and a yellow lab. We prepare them basically like you prepare a goat or a pig. Open pit, rotisserie. The only sad part is skinning them. After that it's just like deer meat. And the taste has always been good. Corky, the yellow lab, was the best.
Does his brains make you smarter and his heart make you bolder? No offense, but I cringe at the thought of that. It sounds soo much a joke, but in the internet you take your chances...
People simple have a bias against "non cute" animals. Just take a look at the most popular American meats: Beef - ugly Chicken - ugly Pig - ugly A long time ago,somebody saw one of these animals and thought, "Damn, that animal is UGLY. I think I'll kill it so I don't have to look at it anymore. Then, as he was burning the animal after killing it, he noticed the wonderful smell of charred animal flesh, took a bite, and was hooked. You have some cute animal meat that is becoming more popular, but people usually cringe when they are offered some cute animal meat, bringing back warm fuzzy memories of Bambi the deer, Bugs Bunny, or Mary's little lamb. I mean, c'mon, do you think Lisa Simpson would have become a vegetarian if she had a vision of a talking cow?? HELL NO! She would have said, "Get out of my way, you f*ck*ng ugly cow!" and continued chomping down on her meat. We must get over our biases against ugly animals and realize that all animals, whether cute or ugly, are worthy of being sliced up, skewered on a stick, and char-broiled for our enjoyment...
What about ugly communists? Save the cute communists for recreational activities and the ugly communists for eating. Good god, we have a plan. How To Pick Up Communists: "Hot Tub or Boiling Pot"... your choice baby.
i too dont see anything wrong with eating dog meat BUT only if the animal is dealt with in a respectable manner. during the world cup, i saw a documentary on south korea and its dog meat eating culture. the dogs are kept in a tiny cage together. and when being prepared, they are beaten so that the animal will release some 'juice' that works as an aphrodisiac and what nots. some are even burned with a blow torch. seems every exotic animal is supposed to give your sex life a boost. if this documentary is not true, i'm sorry for mentioning it and please correct me.
Great to know that I made a good decision. I have a 5 month old yellow lab, now I do not have to worry about shedding a tear when he passes, just break out the corn and steak sauce!
I kind of doubt that. From what I understand from some Mainland Chinese friends (southeastern region -- I suppose there might be regional variations), it isn't uncommon for one to own a dog as a pet and also have dog as part of the diet. They wouldn't eat their pet dog of course, but their affection for one individual dog doesn't deter them from consuming his fellows. Also, coming from farmer stock on one side of my family, I've heard stories about animals -- usually rabbits -- that were kept as pets and loved with your usual pet affection until it was their turn for the dinner table. The lone exception was a rabbit that belonged to my brother that my grandfather spared until it died in its old age because my brother didn't want it killed. But then, he didn't grow up on a farm, he just visited. I think living and working on a farm gives one a much different perspective on food and death than one would get from sanitized little packages in a grocery store aisle. I know I was always a bit uncomfortable about dinner while visiting the farm.
if it is anywhere as bad as beating them to death with a club, or slowly blow torching them, i'll give up beef, lamb, mutton whatever.
"properly"? We cut their necks and let them bleed w/o so much as a tranquilizer. I eat bird and poon... the poon b/c its scrumptuous and birds b/c I could kill them myself. I flyfish but I haven't killed any of my fish yet (b/c of the whole notion that somebody else has caught the fish before, and then if I take it home, it's like I'm just getting sloppy seconds). Otherwise, I don't have moral dilemmas w/ non-native fish populations, **** 'em... it's just the sloppy seconds part that sucks. Mammals though, whoa. Pigs and cows are cute. I met a cute cow in northern California at this hostel near Stanford once. I hadn't eaten any of her kind for about a decade before our meeting, but her mannerisms and smooth style on the soccer ball solidified the point. Mammals rule. I heart my cow friend's head. Power to the mammals. **** the birds and shellfish.
