No Dog Meat on Menus During Olympics Fri Jul 11, 10:03 AM ET
BEIJING - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.
Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
Waiters and waitresses should "patiently" suggest other options to diners who order dog, it said, quoting city tourism bureau Vice Director Xiong Yumei.
Dog, known in Chinese as "xiangrou," or "fragrant meat," is eaten by some Chinese for its purported health-giving qualities.
Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish.
South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of "foods deemed unsightly." After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced.
Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20...x7cMXDjcw8sM0F
I guess dog fur coats are out too?
Weirdos.
Actually dog meat isn't bad at all.......as long as you don't know what you have been dining on until later......much later.
I think cows and pigs are cute too.
What are people gonna eat out there now?!
They also eat live octopus, chicken feet etc. You may be surprised
Well it then...I ain't going!No Dog Meat on Menus During Olympics
I hope not!! I was planning to wear this, I think it's acceptable!
"Dog is a fine meal"
I have two restaurants within a 1-mile radius of my Beijing apartment that proudly advertise their dog meat. Koreans and people from south China are into it. People born and raised in Beijing find it disgusting, I believe.
I never tried it myself, though. I think I'd rather starve...
I was in Korea once for an Army thing.....funny to see dead dogs hanging all over just like fresh killed deer. Yikes. Just don't ask what kind of meat you're eating.
nasty
^^^Thanks, that's why I'm so popular!
And I'll be watching the Olympics from my couch, in my chair, eating my beef, from a cow I raised
Last edited by marini martini; 07-13-2008 at 10:09 PM.
dead babies
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