etcetera wrote:A queer pen...Hmm, canine meat consumption isn't taboo in many parts of the Orient.
Actually I've only seen a dog consumed in Ilocos and no where else in all the places and years that I've lived in the Philippines. From what they explained to me there was, meat is meat and there was nothing else to eat, so they ate the family dog one day. So that's really the situation, not like they love dog like beef and so they raise them specifically for the purpose of consumption. And cat's in the Philippines are extremely diseased. They are about like sewer rats. And so no one eats cats there. Sure, a plump healthy Garfield cat might be a different story over there. But all the cats I saw over there were full of disease. It was disgusting.
I was involved in Vietnamese culture for a number of years and they don't have any dishes that call for that type of meat that I was ever aware of. So I seriously doubt the Vietnamese would eat any dogs or cats. However, the only dish I had ever been made aware of where dog is the ingredent, is one from Korea.
I looked it up on wiki, so here's some more information on it. Not so sure how accurate wiki is, but I'm surprised with some of what I read on it there. The most surprising thing to me I guess is that it's not just associated with Asian culture. Lot's of other places are said to consume dogs too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat
I've never eaten a piece of sushi I didn't thoroughly enjoy.