Re: Dog-meat Chows

["Will Massey" <will@netpath.net>]

I agree with you.

I'm going to Moran Market to try it out in October.

----- Original Message -----

From: ysk

To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu

Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:45 PM

Subject: Dog-meat Chows

Hi, fellow grunts -

 

It seems it's a 'dog-meat-eat' bashing time again with the Asia Game in Pusan coming up. 

 

I wonder how many of you guys have seen Koreans eating dog-meat soup - 'boshingtang'   (see http://www.kimsoft.com/2002/eatdogs.htm for some background info).

 

Some ignorant folks claim dog-eating started during the Korean War.  By the time the war started, there were not many dogs in Korea.  Why?  During WWII, the Japanese were worried that dogs might go crazy and bite/eat people during American bomb raids and ordered all dogs killed.

 

Dog wardens went around searching for dogs house to house.  Any dog found was snagged with a large metal hook and killed.  Dog wardens were paid in kind:  they sold their catch to restaurants and other consumers and pocketed the money.  They also ate dog-meat meals free.

 

How do I know this?  Well, I was there and they got my killed my pet dog right in front my eyes. 

 

Koreans and many other Asians have been eating dogs for many centuries.  In fact, the Ute and other Indians, they came from Asia, used to eat dogs, too.

 

Have I eaten dog-meat?  Yes, of course!  I love it.  Would I eat my daughter's shitzu?  No way!  There are eating kinds of dogs and pet kinds of dogs.   The former look more like wild dogs, pigs, cows, etc.

 

 

 

ysk