Fido says what?
Before I continue, apologies to all those members of PETA and any other animal rights organizations who might be reading this posting...however, before you start promoting those causes, please be sure to leave South Korea out of your list of "evil" countries. This just in, dog meat is pretty darn tasty.
Allow me to explain. Even for those of you who don't know that South Korea has the worlds fourth largest city (Seoul - 23,000,000) or that South Korea's Gross Domestic Production ranks three places behind Canada (13th compared to 16th), or that South Korea packs 48,000,000 people into a space slightly smaller than the State of Indiana, even if you didn't know those facts, you probably know that South Korean's eat dog meat. We aren't talking about your pound puppy type dog, we're talking about dogs bred solely for the purpose of consumption. Before you struggle to not close your window of this blog, and declare your outright hatred for me, understand that this is no different from a cow; the only difference being that we can't milk a dog. So when one of my friends who I teach invited me to join him for dog meat, I jumped on the opportunity, and wrote into my mental calendar....(where I store all of those birthdays I forget, and those e-mails I was supposed to send out a long time ago...)
After spending the afternoon forgetting about it, I met my friend, and, well, dog meat is quite tasty. Its texture looks similar to a good tasty roast, and the taste is close to a mix between chicken and roast. I was quite pleased. Not knowing what to expect, I was thinking that it would be chewy and not as tasty as it was. There were pieces of the meat that were looking similar to fat on a steak, but were also quite tasty. I wish I could have shown you a picture, however, I wasn't going to take my camera into the restaurant. When we entered the restaurant, the owner came and ushered my friend and I into the private room, with luxurious chairs and table settings. When I tried to just get a normal seat, she resisted, and my friend translated that she wanted me to have the room - it was her honour.
So far, I'd rank dog meat right up there on my list of experiences, that along with my rice-flavoured protein shakes. This weekend I'll be traveling to visit some historic caves of Korea, so hopefully I'll have some pictures to post for you, to inject some new hightlights into my travels.
I hope things are going well with you all...
God Bless,
Bryan
Allow me to explain. Even for those of you who don't know that South Korea has the worlds fourth largest city (Seoul - 23,000,000) or that South Korea's Gross Domestic Production ranks three places behind Canada (13th compared to 16th), or that South Korea packs 48,000,000 people into a space slightly smaller than the State of Indiana, even if you didn't know those facts, you probably know that South Korean's eat dog meat. We aren't talking about your pound puppy type dog, we're talking about dogs bred solely for the purpose of consumption. Before you struggle to not close your window of this blog, and declare your outright hatred for me, understand that this is no different from a cow; the only difference being that we can't milk a dog. So when one of my friends who I teach invited me to join him for dog meat, I jumped on the opportunity, and wrote into my mental calendar....(where I store all of those birthdays I forget, and those e-mails I was supposed to send out a long time ago...)
After spending the afternoon forgetting about it, I met my friend, and, well, dog meat is quite tasty. Its texture looks similar to a good tasty roast, and the taste is close to a mix between chicken and roast. I was quite pleased. Not knowing what to expect, I was thinking that it would be chewy and not as tasty as it was. There were pieces of the meat that were looking similar to fat on a steak, but were also quite tasty. I wish I could have shown you a picture, however, I wasn't going to take my camera into the restaurant. When we entered the restaurant, the owner came and ushered my friend and I into the private room, with luxurious chairs and table settings. When I tried to just get a normal seat, she resisted, and my friend translated that she wanted me to have the room - it was her honour.
So far, I'd rank dog meat right up there on my list of experiences, that along with my rice-flavoured protein shakes. This weekend I'll be traveling to visit some historic caves of Korea, so hopefully I'll have some pictures to post for you, to inject some new hightlights into my travels.
I hope things are going well with you all...
God Bless,
Bryan
10/27/2005 03:11:00 a.m.
hey bryan,
i definately would have to agree with you. when i was in china, i had the opportunity, nay the privelge to eat dog (along with other various foods). it was great, it tastes just like you described it. although i'm sure there's different spices in it compared to chinese food but nevertheless the concept is the same.
take care and God bless,
dusty p top
11/02/2005 12:06:00 p.m.
See - I'm not the only one who thinks that there are more animals than cows and chickens that we can eat.....thanks for the support! top