Friday, July 11, 2008

No Dog on the Menu In China for Olympics

I’m very upset with this decision. 

China has ordered dog meat to be taken off the menu at its 112 official Olympic restaurants in order to avoid offending foreign visitors.

Restaurant workers are advised to “patiently” suggest other options to diners who order dog.

Any restaurant found violating the ban would be black-listed, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Dog - known as “fragrant meat” - is eaten by some Chinese for purported medicinal properties.

Dang it, if I’m going to go all the way to China to watch the Olympics, I want to try the local delicacies.  I should be able to get a decent Fido chop or Spot ribs if I want. 

So, does the idea of eating dog bother you?

(4) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2234 hrs
Culture + Foreign Affairs

  1. hmm..

    Of course on an existential level…  Meat is meat…

    To be totally honest, I think we’ve been conditioned to look at a piece of cow and think “yum” but look at a dog and be disgusted at the thought.

    I guess you’d have to ask me when I’m starving.

    Right now…  I’m full.  The only thing that seems appealing is a banana cream pie and a glass of bourbon.

    But when I’m REALLY hungry…  Hell yeah I’ll eat dog.

    Ever watch survivor.  A week in the jungle and they’ll eat anything for food.

    So yeah.. I’ll eat dog.  When in rome…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 12, 2008 at 0039 hrs


  2. Never really been one to keep a dog for a pet. If I were, it would be a large one, not one of those irritating little yappy pests.

    That said, one of my neighbor’s kids has a little (and I mean little) minature chihauhua, a true abomination of nature.  I can’t look at the thing without seeing the words “stir fry” written all over it. Who know? A little garlic and gingerroot, some peanut oil, add some waterchestnuts and broccoli florets with a dash of oyster sauce -mmmmm.

    Neighbor: Have you seen my kid’s dog?
    Me (hastily swallowing): Nope - uh, want some of this?
    Neighbor: Sure - I love Chinese!

    Does this mean I’d eat dog meat? Not really, it’s just something I’ve wanted to say for some time.  grin

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 12, 2008 at 0742 hrs


  3. Dog might not be on the menu, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be serving it.  When I was in China we were always told we were being served pork, chicken or beef, but I have my doubts.  There are things far less savory than dog served in Chinese restaurants.  The most disgusting thing we saw was sheep’s penis on a skewer.  A group of english speaking Chinese business men thought it would be really funny to order us a plate and send it to our table.

    When my father and I were in Africa visiting my sister we traveled to a village where she first lived and she enquired about the dog that gave birth to a puppy my sister adopted as her own (and my dad and I had to bring back to WI with us).  Her friend said that the villagers ate the dog.  My sister looks at her forlornly and asked “did you eat my dogs mother?’  With a completely straight face she said “I don’t eat black dog”.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 12, 2008 at 1001 hrs


  4. Eating wild dog or monkey seems alright, but those animals have too much personality to think of them as being raised for consumption.

    I would try dog, but I wouldn’t order a plate of it.  I didn’t try the sheep’s penis in China, but I did eat a fried beetle.  Yes it was nasty.  The taste wasn’t so bad but the textures were disgusting.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 12, 2008 at 1009 hrs


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