Korea to Unleash 'Doctor Dogmeat' to Fight Critics

[Random Variable]

<< SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean dogmeat proponents Thursday unveiled plans to deploy an academic dubbed "Doctor dogmeat" to counter foreign critics and popularize canine cuisine in the run up to this year's World Cup football finals.

A group of 100 dogmeat restaurant owners will set up a nationwide federation next Monday in a city on the outskirts of Seoul to outline plans to promote the meat to foreign tourists before and during the World Cup period, they said.

"The new federation will promote the eating of dogmeat during the international event period by designating poshintang restaurants near World Cup stadiums as special places to serve foreign visitors," said Choi Han-kwon, director of the 21st Century Startup Research Institute which is behind the grouping.

Dogs are bred to be eaten in South Korea, notably in poshintang, literally "body preservation stew," which advocates say is good for your health and which is considered a delicacy by some.

The eating of dogmeat in Korea has caused particular alarm abroad and among animal rights activists in South Korea ahead of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, as some dogs are beaten, burned or hanged to make their meat more tender.

Next Monday's seminar in Koyang city on canine cuisine would feature "Doctor Dogmeat," Chungchong University professor Ahn Yong-keun, who boasts 350 canine recipes, Yonhap news agency said.

Ahn would present a development strategy for the Korean dogmeat industry, suggesting Web sites on opening dogmeat restaurant franchises and developing new recipes, it said.

The federation would create Web sites in English and Japanese to promote dogmeat during the World Cup, Choi said.

South Korea and Japan will co-host the World Cup finals, which are being held from May 31 to June 30. >>

 

[conjur]

woof! woof! woof!

 

[lowlevel]

old news...

We have a 'Cap'n Chihuahua' restaurant locally.






























j/k

 

[Aves]

LMAO.

 

[KEV1N]

I still don't see why it's "OK" to eat cows but not dogs. Hmm. What gives one animal more rights than another?

 

[Perknose]

China is the country of total harmonic gustatorial balance. They eat birds as well as dogs, thus ensuring that they eat the tweeters as well as the woofers.

 

[Nefrodite]

I still don't see why it's "OK" to eat cows but not dogs. Hmm. What gives one animal more rights than another?


yup the cuteness factor dogs maul ppl, cows don't dogs are more deserving of becoming chow

 

[LordJezo]

<< I still don't see why it's "OK" to eat cows but not dogs. Hmm. What gives one animal more rights than another? >>



That's a good point. In some countries (India) eating cows is a horriable thing to do. In others things like gerbals are eaten. Just because we think something is cute dosen't mean that everyone else has to as well.

It's all just culture (although I do draw the line at eating other humans)

 

[Perknose]

<< same thing could be said about humans, but try to even suggest cannibalism and people get all high and mighty. >>

Knowing the diet of the average American, would you eat one?

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

<< China is the country of total harmonic gustatorial balance. They eat birds as well as dogs, thus ensuring that they eat the <STRONG>tweeters</STRONG> as well as the <STRONG>woofers.</STRONG> >>

LOL

 

[OutHouse]

China is the country of total harmonic gustatorial balance. They eat birds as well as dogs, thus ensuring that they eat the tweeters as well as the woofers.



That is the worst joke ive hears all week.

 

[StevenYoo]

<<

<< same thing could be said about humans, but try to even suggest cannibalism and people get all high and mighty. >>

Knowing the diet of the average American, would you eat one? >>



hey, SOME people would: ManBeef *shudders*

 

[kt]

<< same thing could be said about humans, but try to even suggest cannibalism and people get all high and mighty. >>


hmm.. cannibalism is even rarely practice by animals.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

<<

<< I still don't see why it's "OK" to eat cows but not dogs. Hmm. What gives one animal more rights than another? >>



That's a good point. In some countries (India) eating cows is a horriable thing to do. In others things like gerbals are eaten. Just because we think something is cute dosen't mean that everyone else has to as well.

It's all just culture (although I do draw the line at eating other humans) >>

Are the gerbils eaten whole, I can't imagine butchering a gerbil for its thimblefull of meat.

 

[Antoneo]

<< I still don't see why it's "OK" to eat cows but not dogs. Hmm. What gives one animal more rights than another? >>


Ever hear the phrase "A dog is man's best friend"? When they say that, they mean the human race and their long dated history with dogs. "Dogs" were probably wolves that somehow were domesticated and began a relationship with humans. Thus in many culture's eyes, especially western ones, eating dogs are a big no no. Besides a dog even looks like there is nothing to eat from it.
One question from me though: Why are humans inclined not to eat carnivores? Think about it... how many carnivore type of animals do we eat?

 

[PlatinumGold]

mista

aren't most seafoods "carnivore" by definition?

 

[Nefrodite]

but seafood consists of floppy slimy things and giant sea bugs

still yummy though

 

[Antoneo]

Hmm... PlatinumGold, good point . Actually I thought about my question a little bit and I overlooked the fact that the number mammalian herbivores far outnumber the number of carnivores/omnivores. The food web came into my mind.

 

[PlatinumGold]

bottom line

there is nothing wrong with eating dogs. Koreans aren't gonna go around and try to kill ur pet for pete's sake.

I don't understand why people get so offended, why this whole thing is even considered an "issue".

It's just meat.

 

[SaintAshlar]

<< It's just meat >>



Damn straight!

 

[swayinOtis]

bow wow wow yippee yo yippee yeah

what is it with those dumbass asian countries thinking everything has some sort of magical or medicinal property? the chinese eat all kinds of crap no one else will eat because they think it does something magical to them. they actually eat tiger penis thinking it will make them virile. no, viagra will do that. stop killing tigers so some rich bastard can eat its penis.

 

[Nefrodite]

yes those traditional therapies are pretty retarded, some smackdown is needed its not the same as eating dog or whatever though, the bs remedies are just plain wasteful.

we dont eat carnivores because it was too hard to kill them

not really. its just impractical to eat many carnivours. you gotta raise a lot plant eating animals to feed very few carnivours. think food pyramid.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Koreans believe that dogs are good for you because during the occupation by japan and later during the Korean war etc etc food in general was hard to come by. guess what dogs were available to eat and people that ate dogs as opposed to people that didn't eat anything were healthier, surprise surprise.

anyway. it's just meat people.

 

[gopunk]

to me, the cuter an animal it is, the more i dislike eating it. and i think dogs are damn cute, i own dogs. i don't own any chickens, pigs, cows, or whatever, so therefore i have much less of a problem eating one. i have an amicable relationship with my dogs, i do not have such with the animals i eat. that is why i have a problem with eating dogs.

 

[PlatinumGold]

gopunk

you have a problem w/ eating dogs urself? or you have a problem with other people eating dogs?

i have no problems with people not wanting to eat a certain meat. what i have a problem with are people like Bridget Bardot calling for an economic sanction on Korea, because their people eat dogs.