Dog Off the Menu for Olympics

News.au.com ^ | 07.11.2008 | From correspondents in Beijing

[Coffee200am]

BEIJING has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month's Olympics and September's Paralympics.

Dog is eaten by the large Korean community in China's capital and is also popular in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants.

A directive from the Beijing Food Safety Office issued last month ordered Olympic contractor hotels not to provide any dishes made with dog meat and said any canine material used in traditional medicated diets must be clearly labelled.

Concerned that canine dishes might offend animal rights groups and Western visitors, Beijing said restaurants expected to be popular among foreign visitors must stop serving dog meat "to respect the dining customs of different countries".

The directive "advocated" that all restaurants serving dog suspend it during the Olympics but made no mention of the many popular establishments with donkey on the menu.

Criticism from Westerners caused the dog meat-loving South Koreans to ban canine dishes for a period of time during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

[clamper1797]

Well ... dog gone

[Coffee200am]

Funny, the article didn’t say anything about cats...

[Coffee200am]

Who could eat something with a face like this???

[clamper1797]

Only with ketchup

[OKIEDOC]

stop serving dog meat “to respect the dining customs of different countries”.

The directive “advocated” that all restaurants serving dog suspend it during the Olympics but made no mention of the many popular establishments with donkey on the menu.

Comment:

Holly Shiite Batman, no wonder those Communists are cranky all the time.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Double entendre “chow” alert.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Kagogi, mashisao! (Korean-Dog meat: Delicious!)

[pandoraou812]

That was the first thing I thought too. No mention of cats! I don’t like or trust China.

[wastedyears]

If I was participating, I’d bring my own MREs to eat. Along with lots of water. I’d pay for the extra weight, too.

China’s on my list of countries to not visit list.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Headline?

Will not harvest organs from arrested foreigners attending games, says official

[TigersEye]

They’ll still have rat on a stick from street vendors won’t they?

[TigersEye]

Try the liver!

[sinanju]

Andrew Zimmern is gravely disappointed.

[LukeL]

I am guessing the “dogs” they eat there are mostly like dingos, foxes, and other types.

[Straight Vermonter]

Well, you dodged that one bro.

[daku]

no dog, no donkey ...

maybe this could carry over to the porn industry

[pandoraou812]

I would think so. EWWW!!! I don't know why the games are in that h-ll hole. If I ever wanted to see China I would get a dvd & stay home where the food is safe & cameras aren't watching my every move. IMHO having the games there is wrong. Just for the way they treat the people of Tibet is good enough reason to boycott them . Not to mention what poisons they send here in dog food, toys etc.

[jws3sticks]

Please don't eat my little howler!

[Gamecock]

My third cousin’s friend’s boss knows the neighbor of someone who heard about a guy that woke up in a tub full of ice.....

[Salamander]

Yesterday’s local newspaper featured Chinese ‘quisine’.
The article sported a huge photo of a smiling Chinese woman proudly displaying a deep-fried scorpion on a stick.

Is there *anything* those weirdos *won’t* eat?

[TigersEye]

Not much. LOL I think you have to go to Thailand to get a deep fried tarantula though.

[Salamander]

And you’d be wrong.

Certain breeds such as St Bernards are especially prized for their “aphrodisiac” properties.

“Strays” may be more prevalent on the menu but purebred dogs are farmed like cattle, there.

They beat, torment and torture the dogs before they slaughter them because they believe that the fear-released adrenaline makes the meat more “powerful”.

And all that is done while the other dogs awaiting slaughter *watch*, just to amplify *their* terror.

Kinda like eating a Dog Agony Pie.

[this mimics “real satanic sacrifice”, btw...just a coincidence, I’m sure]

[Salamander]

Breaking with a life-long tradition, I am NOT watching any of the Olympics this year.

It might be a useless “one-’mander” boycott but I feel good about it.

[Salamander]

*gag*

Then there’s the African delicacy....spit-roasted mega-maggots.

Yum!

[TigersEye]

You should watch that British survival guy, Bear Grhyls. He eats all that stuff raw ... and usually alive. (shiver)

[Salamander]

I watched a series called something like “Survivor Guy” for a while.

Bugs, worms, live fish, lichens, random weeds and grasses...whatever was not moving or moving slowly enough to catch...he ate it.
Usually with a preface comment like “Sure hope this isn’t poisonous”.

Crazy dude!

[pandoraou812]

I agree with you. Its not being watched in this house & Sassy & I are still on the China boycott. I don't like animal abusers at all & I never knew they had breeder farms for dogs. I know about the poor bears but now I am more disgusted by China. I know quite a few people who aren't going to be watching the games.

[TigersEye]

That’s a different guy. His show is good too and he is a bit crazy but not as crazy as Bear. His show is called Man vs Wild. He eats live snakes, live salmon ... lots of stuff. The worst was spiders in Venezuela with bodies as big as softballs. (shudder) At least he cooked those I think.

[Salamander]

The situation is much more horrific than the little that I posted.

I simply can’t say more on the subject or I won’t be able to sleep.
[there are videos out there if you’ve the stomach for them...I don’t]

I DESPISE China.

[and I don’t care if that’s “PC” or not]

[Salamander]

Now I know what show you’re talking about.

I watched the previews...and passed on it...LOL!

[TigersEye]

I’m not crazy about the “food” he eats but it’s a great survival show. He really knows how to deal with most any situation.

[pandoraou812]

I DESPISE China.

Sassy & I are right there with you! She hates China with a passion. I won't tell her about the dogs because earlier today she was all for blowing China up. She preaches about China to everyone she can & will not buy anything made there. She is far better at spotting the made in China then I am.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

I could never eat dog, or cat for that matter, but I’m very curious to know if there is a difference in taste between breeds. Would a poodle, German Shepherd and Great Dane all taste alike?

[Salamander]

If Obama wins, I’ll start watching.

[might need to know how to forage for and survive on crawly things, considering grocery prices *now*]

[Salamander]

Smart kid....:)

[Salamander]

:::rolls eyes:::

[AmericanInTokyo]

Good bye to "GOW!" (rhymes with "How", with voice descending then ascending).

[shibumi]

"Would a poodle, German Shepherd and Great Dane all taste alike?"


They taste about as similar as Australian Aborigines, Swedes and Arabs - or people from Pittsburgh, for that matter.

[Gigantor]

“They beat, torment and torture the dogs before they slaughter them because they believe that the fear-released adrenaline makes the meat more “powerful”.

And all that is done while the other dogs awaiting slaughter *watch*, just to amplify *their* terror.

Kinda like eating a Dog Agony Pie.”

But 2ndDivisionVet says it’s delicious, so it must be OK...

[2ndDivisionVet]

Nope, I've never had dog (that I know of) just paraphrasing the Korean (actually Hangul) that they use in those restaurants. I don't understand eating dogs, but the Muslims don't reckon with our hankering’ for pork...

[hellbender]

You mean you’re willing to miss synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, not to mention watching our President kowtowing to the Chicoms at the opening ceremony?

[Pinetop]

Gosh, I appreciate the fact that they actually list dog on the menu. I have always been concerned about mystery meat in Chinese food.

[Clay Moore]

yum yum

[Salamander]

I watch the equestrian events.

[radiohead]

I am guessing the “dogs” they eat there are mostly like dingos, foxes, and other types.

Guess again, my FRiend. Go to YouTube for pics of dog markets in China. The abuse and torture these poor animals face is awful. To me, it is one thing to have cultural differences in food, it is another to think that torturing your food will make it taste better. Chinese believe that the stress and fear the animal feels makes it taste better, so they have no compunction against beating the animal or even skinning it alive.

[count-your-change]

I heard about a diner in Beijing that found a chunk of automobile tire in his soup. He called the waiter over and demanded an explanation. The waiter said China was advancing and now the auto had replaced the horse.
Of course this story might be entirely true.

[radiohead]

The China they don’t want you to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5lCuvqsKhc

[count-your-change]

add “not” at appropriate place.

[NormsRevenge]

Rats!