Apparently, "The Deal" With Airline Food Is It's Dog Meat

[Tuckerfan]

Well, not really, but apparently crews of Vietnam Airlines have been smuggling the stuff.

Last week’s revelation that Vietnam Airlines employees appeared to have been smuggling goods, including dog meat, into Russia is the latest in a series of scandals that have plagued the airline over the past few months.
When 55 bags from a Vietnam Airlines flight went unclaimed at the Moscow airport earlier this month, Russian officials sent it back to Hanoi. Inspecting the 1,700 kilograms, Hanoi airport officials found all sorts of illegal goods, including dog meat, considered a delicacy by Vietnamese. Officials suspect the goods were intended for resale to Vietnamese living in Russia.

Pham Chi Cuong, director of ground services at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport, says an investigation is under way into a possible conspiracy among employees and passengers.

Cuong says three airport employees have been suspended so far.

According to the Vietnamese girl I used to date, it’s only Vietnamese rednecks that eat dogs. (Wonder if they consider the Marmaduke comic strip to be food porn?)

[susan]

Oh, boy, just in time for my trip to Vietnam!

[Darryl_Lict]

I doubt this is going to win me any friends, but I’ve had dog in Hanoi. I’m one of those people who has to try everything, but this was even a bit weird for me. I’ve been told it’s more a North Viet Nam thing, and you have to seek it out. It’s not like there is a Tail o’ the Pup on every corner. It was pretty bad. There was a sausage thing, a weird hamburger cutlet thing and a completely scary piece of meat that was circular with a ring of fat around it. I can only guess what that was, but if you drink enough of that murky alcoholic rice drink, you can get it down.