# Has anyone eaten gaegogi, bosintang or anything similar?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 2, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-gaegogi-bosintang-or-anything-similar/248285 "2004-06-02T17:29:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-gaegogi-bosintang-or-anything-similar/248285/1 "2004-06-02T17:29:56Z")

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I understand these are Korean dishes, but dog is also served in other far eastern countries. Have you ever tried any of these dishes? What did it taste like?

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-gaegogi-bosintang-or-anything-similar/248285/2 "2004-06-02T17:44:47Z")

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I thought the texture of the meat was rather… ruff!

:: rimshot ::

Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week. [sub]Try the veal, it’s delicious.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![MrO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-gaegogi-bosintang-or-anything-similar/248285/3 "2004-06-02T21:36:14Z")

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Once, when urged by a group of Korean businessmen I worked with. It tasted a lot like red pepper, since that was a key ingredient in the soup. When I tried to isolate the taste of a single piece of meat, it felt and tasted something like lamb. Then again, I’ve only had lamb a couple of times, and both times it was kind of stringy. I didn’t really like the lamb or the dog much. And contrary to the Korean myth, the dog didn’t do anything unusual for my libido.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-gaegogi-bosintang-or-anything-similar/248285/4 "2004-06-03T06:41:30Z")

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Moved to IMHO.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator