There is a theory (a very popular one at that) that torturing the dogs before killing them makes the meat more tender and tasty... this is aspect of eating animals that I do not like. I have no problem with eating any animal (I love my meat and I know where it comes from... no hypocrisy here), but I don't adhere to torturing. So free range dogs are fine in my book.
Next question... how do you like the taste of dog meat? How to cook/serve it?
Reminds me of a friend my kids had years ago when we lived on a block of land and raised our animals for meat. He didnt mind eating hand raised animals- he just wanted to know what its name had been.
According to some people we met in Seoul, dogmeat tastes like beef. Personally although I'm a dog lover, I really don't see the difference in eating a dog from eating say a cow or pig, but I detest the thought of any animal being tortured to death for any reason.
Who on earth said dog meat tastes like beef? They must have the palate of a camel's backside. There's no comparison between the 2 meats.
Well obviously the two people I met who said that had palates of a camel's backside - I personally wouldn't know given that I haven't tasted it.
On a side note (and I'm not sure if this is true or not) but some years ago I heard that a couple of Koreans had visited NZ and had bought what they thought was dog meat because of the picture of a dog on the front of the can! It was dogfood obviously.......
I ordered a sweet and sour pork from a back street Chinese joint years ago in Sydney. It definitely wasnt pork so I'm not sure who's poor pet whatever it was ended up on my plate. Tasted bloody awful.
I also remember ordering chicken fried rice in northern Thailand right up near the border with Laos where the local market was selling rats and frogs on sticks. I thought the pieces of chicken with bone didn't look like chicken but just ate it and thought nothing of it until I went to the toilet next to the kitchen and saw them skinning the rats for the food. Christ I felt sick when I saw that but didn't say anything to my husband until ages afterwards as I didn't want him to feel the same.
When I eventually told him he said that he'd suspected the chicken wasn't chicken too but like me was too hungry to worry about it!
Always makes me laugh when people are worried about being served dog or cat meat as a joke. Dog and cat meat is considered a delicacy and is much more expensive than common pork or chicken, so I highly doubt chefs are going to play a clever trick on unsuspecting people.
Yea, I don't believe some Koreans bought a can with a dog on it, assuming it's dog meat. That's just ridiculous. Sounds like an urban legend.
A.) Koreans are very well aware that dog meat is taboo in a lot of the world (including for many Koreans!)
B.) Dog meat is never sold canned. Always fresh.
C.) It'd be pretty obvious it's dog food since it'd be in the pet section. Koreans are plenty familiar with pet ownership.
As for me, I don't see any problem in raising, slaughtering and eating dogs (and I grew up with a dog I loved for 14 years). It's just beating them that seems excessive and cruel.