Eating Dogs in Korea!? A Controversial Cuisine...

[Chicago Democrat]

My freind is back from Korea; he is teaching English there and will be returning soon.

Dog eating. They eat them in Korea. They sell them everywhere. Mostly big brown dogs they keep in small cages and treat horribly. Victor ate it 3 times so far; he's been there a year. Its not that great mostly. But it can be done well. Anyway, his students' parents brought it for him and he couldn't refuse. The dogs they eat look just like my dog!


So in Korea, nearly all animals are gone. Wild ones are incredibly rare. They ate them all. Apparently food is a big issue in Korea, as in there isn't much. No foreign food is allowed and rice cost 8 dollars a pound. Beef costs about 25 dollars a pound and is terrible.

So I am repulsed and at the same time understanding, I guess. Koreans think we are crazy to think dog eating is bad. Gweneth Paltrow is trying to stop dog eating, but there is no way its gonna stop. Koreans apparently love it.

Poor Korea always got conquered and no wonder they ate their doggies. When the Japanese invaded Korea they killed all the native Korean dogs in an attempt to absorb Korea into Japan. One of these dogs the Sapsaree is very rare now and is being saved by dog loving Koreans. The Sapsaree is a "Demon chasing" dog and guards temples and Korean Emperors from Demons. They are 40 pounds, blue or tan, do not shed and I want to get a pair! Here is the site about them...

http://www.sapsaree.org/

[Gildor Inglorion]

1. It's a cultural thing...in France and Belgium, HORSE is on the menu

To an Orthodox Jew, a bacon double cheeseburger is just about the ultimate blasphemy; eating beef to a Hindu is beyond sacriligious; Muslims (and others) won't eat pork; the English dote on kidney, while Americans shudder politely. We can't dictate everyone's dietary habits. Much as I love dogs, I wouldn't dream of forbidding the Koreans to eat them. Study the history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and you'll find that eating dogs sustained them through the long, bitter winter.

[Chicago Democrat]

3. Yes, and the seige of Leningrad... If its them or you I guess its an

easier choice.

[GoneOffShore]

5. Horse is very seldom on the menu in France

Occasionally you will see a boucherie de chevaline stall at open air markets in the provinces and in Paris, but they are increasingly rare. Most people under 50 do not eat horse meat and I've never seen it on the menu at a restaurant in 15 years of travelling to France.

[flvegan]

2. It's easy to raise dogs for meat

Hyper confinement, garbage for food, when big enough, slaughter them. Kind of the same way we treat the majority of our food animals...

[On the Road]

4. They Eat Dogs in China, Too

I saw them on the menu several times last winter in Beijing.

[HereSince1628]

6. I looked for dog "yuan bao gourou" but never found it.

When I was in China last June. So shark fin with chickenfeet was about as exotic as I got.

[TX VN VET]

7. Your friend is pulling your leg

Selling dog meat is illegal in Korea. There are still some who do eat dog but it is looked down upon by most. Rice is no where near $8 a pound and they have Starbucks, MacDonalds, TGI Fridays, and many other American restaurants there. Do some Google searching on Korea, before you start spreading rumors.

[Chicago Democrat]

8. Well he's not here right now, but will be back before Monday...

I tell you he says dogs are sold and butchered in downtown Seoul and dog eating is ubiquitous. Oh and the 8 dollar per pound rice was the crappiest cheapest rice. The good rice was like 12 dollars a pound! Reason: no imports of any food and massive subsidies to small innefficient farms. Only cheap thing was Soju, drunk with everything.

He's not in the habit of lying and I vouch for him. He would not lie! dear fellow democrat...

Yes he said there were McDonalds but they were also terrible. the beef is more like an Oxen and tastes horrible. Normal cows cant live in harsh mountainous Korea and he said it was tough and lean.