- 23 Jun 2016 15:41
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Notice the specific thin fork and the pliers to hold the shell on the left.
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Harmattan wrote:Ah! I was right about Scoprions!
I never tasted snakes either: we only have two species in France, both are endangered and one tastes horrible.
However we are famous for eating snails: once cooked they look like dry tiny meat balls hidden deep inside their shells. We stuff those shells with a garlic stuffing that makes most of the taste. We started eating them when we were starving and eventually ended up with a gourmet meal, with the help of brave experimentalists and a healthy dose of snobism.
Luna wrote:Pigs generally display slightly higher emotional sensitivity than dogs/cats (moreso cats than dogs) and far more than cows/poultry animals, just FYI. The taboo against eating dogs when we eat pigs makes sense only in that most of us had a dog growing up.
For the record, I had dog visiting family in China. It tasted pretty good.
Although a fair number of South Koreans (anywhere from 5 to 30%) have eaten dog meat at least once in their lifetime, only a small percentage of the population eats it regularly. There is a large and vocal group of Korean people that are against the practice of eating dog meat.[9] There is also a large population of people in South Korea that do not eat or enjoy the meat, but do feel strongly that it is the right of others to do so.[9] There is a smaller but still vocal group of pro-dog cuisine people in South Korea who want to popularize the consumption of dog in Korea and the rest of the world,[9] considering it to be part of the traditional culture of Korea with a long history worth preserving.
unbalanced zealot wrote:Re above. Dog meat consumption in Korea (as I understand it) has dropped off dramatically, and it could be related to the pet fad in Korea over the last 5 or so years. I lot of people have small dogs as pets and there are a lot of pet shops springing up everywhere. In the past people probably didn't associate eating dogs with the pet type dogs that we now see all over the place.
I really don't know any place here to find dog meat.
Interesting trivia: when Vietnamese refugees first arrived in Australia apparently they were under the impression that the dog food in cans at the supermarket with pictures of happy looking dogs on the labels was actually dog meat in cans.
ThirdTerm wrote:The consumption of dog meat in Korea dates back to the palaeolithic era and only a small percentage of them actually eat it regularly nowadays. The situation is similar with Japan's consumption of whale meat and the vast majority of them have only tasted it once in a lifetime. East Asian are clinging on to their peculiar eating habits only for the sake of preserving their cultural traditions.
The role of the pig in the subsistence system of the Middle East has a long and, in some cases, poorly understood history. It is a common domesticated animal in earlier archaeological sites throughout the Middle East. Sometime in the first millennium, BC pig use declined, and subsequently it became prohibited in large areas of the Middle East. The pig is an excellent source of protein, but because of low mobility and high water needs, it is difficult to move long distances. While common in sites, the pig is rarely mentioned in texts. In contrast, the use of cattle, sheep, and goats is extensively documented. In the human subsistence system of the arid and semiarid areas of the Middle East, the pig was a household-based protein resource that was not of interest to the central authority. Sometime in the late second or first millennium BC, the chicken was introduced into the Middle East. The chicken is an even more ideal household-based protein resource and, like the pig, is rarely mentioned in texts. In arid and semiarid areas of the Middle East, the pig and the chicken compete for food and labor in the human subsistence system. I hypothesize that in arid and semiarid areas of the Middle East, the chicken largely replaced the pig because the chicken is a more efficient source of protein, it produces a secondary product, the egg, and it is a smaller package; hence, a family can consume one in a day or two. This made the pig redundant and available for use in other human systems. The pig, however, never disappeared from the diet of humans in the Middle East.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.100 ... 015-9083-2
Crantag wrote:You can find dog meat all over downtown Seoul. I had dog chige in Shinchon the time I ate dog.
Crantag wrote:You can find dog meat all over downtown Seoul. I had dog chige in Shinchon the time I ate dog.
And to PI, yeah I'm an American but I also lived in Asia for 7 years so in some sense I am influenced by foreign cultures I've lived in as well.
To me, your perspective is quite bigoted and arrogant.
Political Interest wrote:No I am not bigoted. I have already stated that I do not oppose the Chinese or Koreans eating dog meat. If I were bigoted I would be telling them to stop doing it or casting judgement. I do not think they are wrong for doing so and do not hold it against them.
I simply cannot understand how a Westerner would eat dog when our society is so resolutely against it.
There are already scientific studies seeking to investigate the relationship between man and dog and they have found there to be some scientific basis for the mutual affection. If someone does not like dogs for a valid reason I do not trust them.
Since you have lived in the Far East I am sure you are aware that they also like dogs.
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