Betcha that got your attention!
I can't say that I have ever been even remotely curious about wanting to to know what dog meat tastes like. However, some people in this part of the world are, and in fact, eat dog kind of like others eat chicken.
I'm not kidding. I had dinner the other night with some of the national staff I work with. They come from other parts of Indonesia. For some reason we got talking about eating dog. This one friend's uncle and his family eat dog. Apparently black ones taste the best.
I was told they're not allowed to have dogs as pets. They can have them as guards for the house. But they're not allowed to pet them, or touch them, unless, I guess it's time to kill them and throw them on the barbeque!
When I asked what it tastes like? I was told---chicken. Why does everything always taste like chicken?
Maybe if I didn't know it was dog I was trying, I could eat it. Although I'm sure I would immediately gag upon hearing that I was eating someone's favourite pooch.
Makes me think twice about the rat I caught in my kitchen last night. Perhaps I should find a skewer?
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My Chinese friend was describing how she would celebrate the Chinese New Year, commenting that you would have all kinds of meat, "chicken, pig, dog". I knew they ate dog but what was hard to hear was casual way she said it.
I can see why they don't pet or befriend them - it would make them hard to kill and eat later, much like kids on the farm don't make pets of all the animals, only a select few.
Yeah, I don't think dog meat is something I will ever be able to try. I'm sure even if I tried it unknowingly and was told about it, I would promptly spit it out...
BOLD, BEAUTIFUL, AND FUNNY... lol. I was going to ask you about that very thing. I worked with a guy from there once, and he told me that many people in that area do eat dog. For some reason i picture it tasting very spicy. I have a very weak stomach and i know if it was life and death i would probably eat it but it would be hard. What about cats do they eat them too ?? cats look very much like a rabbit...
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