Beijing takes dog off the menu during Olympics

[emad]

By Richard Spencer
Last Updated: 3:41PM BST 11/07/2008

Beijing has ordered restaurants to take dog meat off the menu to avoid hurting the sensitivities of foreigners during the Olympics.

The government-backed Beijing Restaurant Association sent a circular to restaurants and hotels contracted to provide services to Olympic guests during the Games banning provision of dogmeat hotpots, stews and other such popular dishes.

It also "advocated" the same measure to other city restaurants, causing consternation to the limited but growing number of restaurants offering the delicacy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2285780/Beijing-takes-dog-off-the-menu-during-Olympics.html


Yum! Barbecued Shitsu with pickled Rottweiler balls............

[Deja Q]

1. Well, if that doesn't get the locals barking mad, what will?

:hide:

At least wiener dogs are safe now...

[Symarip]

2. Look, I love my dog and everything...

But I've been to Rosarito and Tijuana taco shops and let me tell you:

If eating dog is wrong, I don't want to be right.

[emad]

3. Cuisine of Dog Meat

1. Bosintang (soup)

Dog Soup is called, Gaejang, Gajangkuk, or Gujang, Gujangaeng,
Guyoukgeng. It has been called Bosintang from the later part of 1940,but during
the period of the 1988 Olympic games, it was banned to use the name of
Bosintang, so its name was replaced by Youngyangtang, Sacheoltang,
Mungmungtang. But nowadays, the name of Bosintang is widely used instead
of Youngyangtang. Bosintang is made by boiling dog meat with thin soy paste,
tearing it into pieces, putting ingredients such as green onion, leek, stalk of taro,
brake into broth, and boiling it again to make Bosintang. In Kyungsang
province, to get rid of the smell, perilla purple are put in the soup. Perilla are
also used for ridding the smell. Taste of perilla is similar to that of dog, and
it becomes a good match to dog meat. Side dishes of dog meat are Kimchi,
fresh peppers, and cucumbers. Adding a glass of Soju(liquor) enhances the
taste.

The standard amount of ingredients for one portion.


(1) Ingredients

100g of boiled dog meat, 500g of gravy, 20g of green onion, 10g of a leek,
10g of perilla leaves, 100g of taro stalk soaked in water.

(2) Sauce

8g of salt, 2g of mashed garlic, 3g of perilla, 2g of red pepper, 2g of mashed
ginger, a little amount of pepper.

(3) Cooking instruction

After boiling the meat with gravy and stalk of taro for some time, boil again
after putting vegetables an d other ingredients into it. Before eating, sprinkle
pepper on it and put into an earthen bowl. The stalk of taro is to be kept in cold
water one or two days to get rid of its smell and taste.

http://wolf.ok.ac.kr/~annyg/english/e5.htm

[redqueen]

4. I could have sworn I saw something on the news recently

about how cooking dogs is banned already in China. They were acting as if it was a negative stereotype to associate eating dogs with Chinese cooking.

Maybe it was only in some provinces or cities? :shrug:

[KamaAina]

5. Plus ca change... Seoul did the same thing back in '88

Hint: I don't know about Beijing, but I once saw a picture of a butcher shop in Guangdong (Canton) with a dressed rat in the window. :puke:

Bonus factoid: Captain James Cook ate dog. He fell ill while exploring Tahiti, and the locals served him baked dog, to build up his strength. I'll stick with Mom's chicken zoop...

[rug]

6. You only think it's dog.

[undeterred]

7. No more stir-fried labrador?

Geez, what are they gonna eat?

[JTG of the PRB]

8. Thank GOD they're still serving cat!

I don't know what I'd do without my weekly treat of deep-fried calico vittles... :9

[NV Whino]

9. Dr. Frist? Is that you?

[KamaAina]

10. Actually, I think it's ALF