North Korea Hails Virtues Of Dog Meat
If Michael Vick knew about this he could have sent his dogs that couldn’t do well in dogfights here:
NORTH Korea’s state media is talking up the virtues of dog meat, saying the controversial cuisine is a prized delicacy for coping with the summer heat.
Dog soup, called dangogi-jang or boshintang (health soup), is “the best cuisine†served over the summer season, the official Korean Central News Agency said, yesterday touting its nutritional properties.
Dangogi, literally meaning sweet meat, is an euphemism for dog meat that was coined by North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung in the early 1980s.Dangogi-jang means dog meat soup.
“These days workers sweating to taste boshintang can be witnessed in any Dangogi houses and traditional restaurants in the capital of Pyongyang,†the agency said.
While dog meat restaurants are assuming a lower profile in South Korea, the reverse is true in the impoverished North.
So in North Korea, when they walk their dog they really wok their dog.
In North Korea, not only can life be a bitch, but your meal can be, too.
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[...] NORTH Korea’s state media is talking up the virtues of dog meat, saying the controversial cuisine is a prized delicacy for coping with the summer heat. Dog soup, called dangogi-jang or boshintang (health soup), is “the best cuisine†… …more [...]
Will the French just give it a break!
it’s not like goose liver is any more humane a delicacy!
Our issue with eating dogs and cats is completely arbitrary of course. We have no such qualms about cows, goats, lambs, deer and a whole host of other animals that are not less or more worthy than the ones we have commanded to be pets. I shudder at the very thought of eating dog or cat, it seems deeply wrong to my sensibilities, but I know, intellectually, that my sensibilities are culturally enforced, not really based on anything objective. Still not eating it though, and still dislike the idea of others doing it.
Pigs are now pets of some in the US, but no outrage over eating pork. The piece is a little propaganda, dog is eaten on more than the Korean peninsula. I am more bothered by Orientals eating tiger and shark fin considering their numbers. Blowfish/fugu is another delicacy in Japan, and if not properly prepared is deadly. American cusine is almost as boring as the British cusine.
Yep, this is just culturaly relative.
In China your pet = neighbors dinner sometimes. Dogs, song birds, whatever. I never ate dog yet, but when I go back its on the list of things to try if it offers, if for no other reason than to say I did it.
LOL – DaveA eating dog is like eating fugu or gold leaf on deserts. Maybe grubs would be better, I tried muskrat once, the warped Catholics can have it.
Lynx’s argument rings true and is what turned me into a vegetarian, plus the experience of having a pet chicken and rabbit. Any animal needs to be treated humanely- geese, chickens, dogs, rabbits, cats, whatever. Don’t feel superior because we aren’t barbaric enough to eat dogs, but then order foix gras and pretend that you don’t know how it is produced.
What if I don’t draw moral conclusions about “barbarism” towards Koreans or Chinese? Can I then be allowed to continue a non-vegetarian lifestyle? Or is the moral imperative of vegetarianism absolute?
Should vegetarianism be mandated by the government?
KR and JS Play nice now. Via Sullivan, maybe we should eat worms they’re causing global warming.
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=383199&ssid=26&ssname=Eco%20News&sid=ENV&sname=
Only problem is that the scientist is funded by the garbage interests in Germany.
How many people have pet worms?
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Okay. I ‘m chock full of cultural biases.
I find the thought of eating puppies revolting..
Same goes for worms and cockroaches and the like.
Of course it’s hypocrisy. Since I’m not advocating that my biases be made mandatory for others, I’ll continue eating according to my own arbitrary rules.
I love lobster, but I insist it be put on my plate eyes down. I don’t want to feel I’m being watched while I rip and tear. No logic,but no shame, either,
JS- I leave your diet to your own conscience. I would never try to dictate what should be a personal moral decision, and definitely wouldn’t want the government to. But, make an educated choice, don’t just assume that the Chinese and N Koreans are the only barbarians.
[...] NORTH Korea’s state media is talking up the virtues of dog meat, saying the controversial cuisine is a prized delicacy for coping with the summer heat. Dog soup, called dangogi-jang or boshintang (health soup), is “the best cuisine†… …more [...]