Reuters reports on dog meat… North Korean-style.
Now, as you know, Fido is usually served in a soup or stew in the South… something a little like this:
Good stuff.
(HT to reader)
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The Great Leader is even an expect chef!
“expert” of course…
Haven’t had it myself, but since I eat pork, chicken, beef, lamb, etc. who am I to be pointing a finger?
I tried bo shin tang once and thought it tasted like ass. Smelled like a wet dog too. Not a pleasant dining experience.
I ate boshintang in North Korea, at Kaesung actually, and I second Maekchu’s comment: it tasted awful. Luckily I didn’t buy it; I ate what was left of a friend’s after they put it aside in disgust. Tough, dark, foul-smelling. Didn’t give me a woody either.
I can only assume they didn’t torture the dog long enough.
I ate only boshingtang once, and it tasted OK – of course, my palate had been tempered by quite a lot of soju, so perhaps my gourmand skills were depressed.
An eight-course dog dinner – one wonders if there’s concern that whole kennels are disappearing each time SOuth Korean delegations head North for some ‘meatings’.
Of course, the U.S. can always help rectify the trade imbalance by sending over to the dogger floggers what’s given the blue needle at the SPCAs.
That guy can’t be Korean man, look at that bicep hair…
I think it’s more than just the locals who dig the dog stuff
Master loves me. Master feeds me well. Master cuddles with me. Master is hanging me up on a pole now. Master is,….. why is master beating me! What have I done?! Why is my master making me hurt! Master please stop! *Yelps and screams*
If this is not the way it is done than I cannot judge Koreans for eating dog. But if the dogs are raised sense puppies with a sense of trust in humans and then beaten to death without mercy, that is another story.
And before someone chimes in with what about a cow or a pig. Those animals are by nature less likely to form a bond of trust with a human being as dogs have proven to throughout countless centuries of adaptation. That out of the way, even if those creatures were “loyal as a puppy”, it is still seems a barbaric act to torture the creature by keeping it alive long enough in suffering and pain before killing it. This may be the real issue why Korea is stereotyped. Not so much of eating mans best friend, a few countries besides Korea also does this although not as prominent, but the pleasure seen in the torturing is unnerving.
I guess if you ask for a doggie bag at a boshintang restaurant, you are being quite literal.
The Animal Protection Law (2008.2.29) is still new and not fully enforced yet. But I think the activities of Animal Rights activists will be able to get more people prosecuted for beating a dog to death. I believe the Kwangju man who was prosecuted for doing that was reported by Animal Rights activists nearby. Presently some places do use instantaneous electrocution as a humane means of slaughter. (Sadly I recently found out that those places are a minority.) Maybe in a few years I’ll be able to enjoy boshintang rest assured it was not tortured to death.
There’s a place in 논현동 that serves humanely killed dog meat. I tell you what, it makes a world of difference. The taste is infinitely better than what you get at most places although the price is about double.
#11,
Like paying more for an unlisted number or for a fair trade avocado, if I had a taste for a soupcon of Spot I’d want mine killed with respect rather than a 4′-long tree limb that’s used for 30 minutes in an effort to achieve maximum internal marination.
How is that particular doggie dish advertised? I’d be curious to see how it’s worded in Korean – ‘Not Beaten Dog Soup’ is a little wordy, methinks.
Acropolis,
I used to work near a dog butcher. The dogs are large, feral and expressly raised for the purpose of food. When I walked by the cages they freaked me out, being about 2 1/2 feet high, and ready to bite someones head off.
What was odd was the method of butchering the dogs. They bleed them out using machines exactly like the ones in older pharmacies here, you know, the ones they bleed you with using suction cups on your back to help out your health! (Holy leaches batman!) Bleeding them to death is suppose to make the meat taste better. I have to wonder, is this a painless way to die, getting sleepy and passing out, or does the animal feel panicky? If it’s painless I have no problem with it, if not I do.
Anyone been adventurous/crazy enough to be bleed out at a pharmacy or acupuncturist? Maybe you can supply the answer.
“Didn’t give me a woody either.”
Hummm… than what’s the freak’in point???
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