# Would you have any reservations eating dog?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 27, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-any-reservations-eating-dog/504474 "2009-07-27T19:50:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-any-reservations-eating-dog/504474/41 "2009-07-28T20:02:09Z")

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> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#):
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> Meat is meat. I’d be willing to try almost anything once.

I used to think the same way. Then, at a game dinner (all meat dishes are wild game of some sort) I was confronted with wolf stew. I took a little, but when I tried to taste it, “It’s a dog, it’s a dog, it’s a dog” kept running through my mind, and… I couldn’t eat it. I was disappointed with myself, but I’m sure I’d eat it if I was starving. As stated above, I’d probably eat long pig if I was starving.

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**Author:** ![SweetLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-any-reservations-eating-dog/504474/42 "2009-07-28T22:47:14Z")

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> [@Koxinga](#):
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> I’d probably refuse for just that reason. How often to I get to insult such a large group of people?
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> As for dog: aside from some cultural qualms, I’m kind of skeeved out about how I’ve heard it’s prepared, at least in some parts of the world. Supposedly, they hang the poor things up on a meathook while they’re still alive, and then take a blowtorch to 'em and basically burn them to death. According to this urban legend, the butchers do this to enhance whatever hormones or whatever going into the meat, for the purpose of making it more of an aphrodisiac or whatever.
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> I’ve been to Canton and seen dog carcasses hanging up on meathooks that looked pretty burned on the outside, though whether burned before or after death I couldn’t say. Also saw cages full of live cats.

I wouldn’t mind if these so called “human beings” were turned into Soylent Green chow mein! That would be poetic justice for how they treat animals. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-any-reservations-eating-dog/504474/43 "2009-07-29T01:17:03Z")

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Personally, I’d rather eat long pig.

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