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TETENAL · Jan 26, 2006, 08:38 PM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loupiote/sets/1652923/

In some cultures it is normal to eat dogs – just like we eat cows, pigs or chicken. Interestingly, in California it is illegal to eat dogs or horses, while it is quite usual to eat horse in Europe. Allegedly dog is quite delicious.

Mastrap · Jan 26, 2006, 09:04 PM

Pretty graphic stuff. I suggest not clicking the link if you like dogs.

ironknee · Jan 26, 2006, 09:11 PM

12 years old...Rin Din Din...say happy birthday!

of course i would never eat a dog

Kevin · Jan 26, 2006, 09:18 PM

ugh

JoshuaZ · Jan 26, 2006, 09:32 PM

Man, I had raw horse in Tokyo about 5 months ago. Not the best, but not bad either.

moonmonkey · Jan 26, 2006, 09:52 PM

Used to be a big dog restaurant near my home in Beijing, one of the specialties was "Hand Torn Saint Bernard" they used to stun them with a pipe then tear them up while still allive.

I never ate there.

Cubeoid · Jan 26, 2006, 10:03 PM

I'd eat anything. Nice photos. If we did it all our life like they did, it wouldn't seem strange at all.

Cubeoid · Jan 26, 2006, 10:11 PM

Databased™

KeriVit · Jan 26, 2006, 10:33 PM

To each his own.. there are people that are disgusted that I eat beef. I own 3 dogs, I would not eat them, nor would I knowingly eat dog. But, it seems they are taking care in the routine.. or whatever.

Meh.

And you Cody?

Albert Pujols · Jan 26, 2006, 10:36 PM

It's a dog-eat-dog world.

JoshuaZ · Jan 26, 2006, 10:38 PM

Some people are disgusted by eating beef. We call those people LAME.

It just tastes so good.

Albert Pujols · Jan 26, 2006, 10:43 PM

yeah there's nothing disgusting about it, that's life, things get eaten...people live to see another day.

Cubeoid · Jan 26, 2006, 11:05 PM

I like eating.

teknopimp · Jan 27, 2006, 01:48 AM

i prefer cat.

d4nth3m4n · Jan 27, 2006, 01:53 AM

when i lived in [western] samoa as a kid i ate the dog that the tongans fed me. it was kinda gamey.

no lie.

tavilach · Jan 27, 2006, 02:44 AM

I hope that eventually I'll rid meat from my diet, as much as I love it and rely on it today. I used to think, "Those vegetarian morons don't understand that we've evolved to eat meat!" and only this year did I finally realize the merits of vegeterianism. I've learned about human psychology and evolution in multiple classes, and I finally see that to be "moralistic" is, in many cases, to go against what we have evolved to do.

Eating dog is, quite frankly, horrible. But eating cow is the same, and I'm one hell of a culprit. We're taking lives to satisfy our taste buds, not to mention the treatment of the animals. It's sad commentary and I do wish I had enough willpower to stand against it.

GRAFF · Jan 27, 2006, 03:27 AM

No big deal here in France. You can buy horse meat in most any market:

(cheval = horse)

JoshuaZ · Jan 27, 2006, 03:30 AM

I would like to try horse again. Hopefully cooked, as opposed to the Japanese style of raw horse. I'm not opposed to it, but would rather enjoy trying grilled horse, or horse in some nice mushroom sauce.

GRAFF · Jan 27, 2006, 03:45 AM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

I would like to try horse again. Hopefully cooked, as opposed to the Japanese style of raw horse. I'm not opposed to it, but would rather enjoy trying grilled horse, or horse in some nice mushroom sauce.

That sounds excellent. You can buy Chevaline ready for roasting :

ajprice · Jan 27, 2006, 03:45 AM

Tastes Like Chicken®

TETENAL · Jan 27, 2006, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by ironknee

of course i would never eat a dog

I would try it maybe if it was a dog that was specially raised for food. I wouldn't eat a pet dog (who knows what medication it got) or a random street dog. And I think I would skip those brain blood sausages. I don't eat brain.

ShotgunEd · Jan 27, 2006, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

Used to be a big dog restaurant near my home in Beijing, one of the specialties was "Hand Torn Saint Bernard" they used to stun them with a pipe then tear them up while still allive.

I never ate there.

I nearly saw my lunch again.

leehotti · Jan 27, 2006, 08:28 AM

Didn't Athens get temp banned for posting this?

wdlove · Jan 27, 2006, 08:32 AM

It is all in how you have been raised. I would not eat dog.

turtle777 · Jan 27, 2006, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by leehotti

Didn't Athens get temp banned for posting this?

I don't think so.

Still, IBL.

-t

turtle777 · Jan 27, 2006, 08:52 AM

turtle777 · Jan 27, 2006, 08:53 AM

turtle777 · 09:03 AM

JoshuaZ · Jan 27, 2006, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by GRAFF

That sounds excellent. You can buy Chevaline ready for roasting :

Ooo that looks good. Dont' know if I could actually get that much horse at a decent price in Japan. Probably cost me an arm and a leg.

ShotgunEd · Jan 27, 2006, 09:10 AM

Or a hoof and a saddlebag.

TETENAL · Jan 27, 2006, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Probably cost me an arm and a leg.

It's horse, not Kobe beef.

JoshuaZ · Jan 27, 2006, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

It's horse, not Kobe beef.

True. But I'm a big guy, and Japanese sized portions of meat don't cut it for me.

And Kobe beef is good, but overly hyped.

Curse you. Its midnight and now I want some steak.

Doofy · Jan 27, 2006, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

it is quite usual to eat horse in Europe.

...which is why my horses need all sorts of weird checks on them. We don't eat horse here, but since we now have an open border with the dirty Frenchies we have to treat our pets as potential food supply items and stick to all the continental regulations.

Doofy · Jan 27, 2006, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Some people are disgusted by eating beef. We call those people LAME.

You're calling me lame?

JoshuaZ · Jan 27, 2006, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

You're calling me lame?

Are you disgusted by eating beef?

Doofy · Jan 27, 2006, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Are you disgusted by eating beef?

Yep.

JoshuaZ · Jan 27, 2006, 09:51 AM

Clearly we're going to have to take this conversation 'outside.'

You know, cattle killed my grandfather! Every time I eat beef, I think of it as me taking a small amount of revenge against the species that killed my grand dad.

tavilach · Jan 27, 2006, 06:46 PM

Joshua, why don't you take a small amount of revenge against the species that killed 11 million people between 1939 and 1945, 1.5 million people in 1915, 800,000 people in 1994...? Human burgers are the ****!

hayesk · Jan 27, 2006, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by tavilach

Eating dog is, quite frankly, horrible. But eating cow is the same, and I'm one hell of a culprit. We're taking lives to satisfy our taste buds, not to mention the treatment of the animals. It's sad commentary and I do wish I had enough willpower to stand against it.

Vegans who claim "it's morally wrong to eat meat" are a bunch of hypocrites. This has come up in the past, but I might as well repeat it. Animals die so people, including vegans can live. Animals are killed during the harvesting of vegetables, animals are killed when land is cleared to build houses, roads, parking lots, etc.

If you don't live in the forest and don't grow and harvest your own food, then animals die so you can live. As a human, you have to accept that. At least meat-eaters make use of some of the animals killed for them.

Doofy · Jan 27, 2006, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by hayesk

Vegans who claim "it's morally wrong to eat meat" are a bunch of hypocrites. This has come up in the past, but I might as well repeat it. Animals die so people, including vegans can live. Animals are killed during the harvesting of vegetables, animals are killed when land is cleared to build houses, roads, parking lots, etc.

Well hey, I'm pretty sure that at some point folks were killed in order to create your country (Canada must have had some armed struggle at some point, no?). Does that mean that it's morally OK to go kill more folks?

Oh. And go look up the difference between "vegan" and "vegetarian".

paul w · Jan 27, 2006, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by hayesk

Vegans who claim "it's morally wrong to eat meat" are a bunch of hypocrites. This has come up in the past, but I might as well repeat it. Animals die so people, including vegans can live. Animals are killed during the harvesting of vegetables, animals are killed when land is cleared to build houses, roads, parking lots, etc.

If you don't live in the forest and don't grow and harvest your own food, then animals die so you can live. As a human, you have to accept that. At least meat-eaters make use of some of the animals killed for them.

The point is, you do what you can. If you can get your nutrients by not eating animal based products then you do so. And naturally by the same token vegans tend to want to avoid the unnecessary killing of animals. This can be done by trying to eat organicly grown vegetables, and being environmentally conscious and politically active. They may not succeed in avoiding the unnecessary killing of animals, but the effort and outlook counts for something.

As long as they're not brow beating you why call them hypocrites? I may not be a vegan, but I have learned to respect someone who tries to live by their (peaceful) convictions.

TETENAL · Jan 27, 2006, 09:08 PM

This thread is not about vegans. It's about dog eating. Once you have decided that it is all right for you to eat animals what is so special about a dog that it is not eaten but cattle are?

paul w · Jan 27, 2006, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

This thread is not about vegans. It's about dog eating. Once you have decided that it is all right for you to eat animals what is so special about a dog that it is not eaten but cattle are?

simple - eating dogs would upset cody...

ironknee · Jan 27, 2006, 09:49 PM

according to snoops, St. Bernard dogs are being raised for food in China.

JoshuaZ · Jan 27, 2006, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by ironknee

according to snoops, St. Bernard dogs are being raised for food in China.

I'd go for a good terrier burger right now.

As to eating people.... I'd give it a try if it was legal and wouldn't land me in jail.

torsoboy · Jan 27, 2006, 10:28 PM

I have eaten dog on a couple of occasions. tasted just fine. in the poorer parts of the philipinnes it is pretty common to eat dog (that's where I had mine). It's a pretty inexpensive meat that people roast and eat during drinking parties. The way that they usually did it was by slitting their throats (saving the blood of course), and then hanging them up on something and burning their fur off. They then just chop them into little bits (including intestines and everything) and cook them up in a big pan. Then they cook the blood as an apetizer (you can buy cooked blood on the streets most every day) and have their drinking party.

My neighbors (at the time) sold their dog to some people for their drinking party meat. I once saw a really poor guy cooking a whole puppy in a pan... that was weird.