Dog Meat Off The Menu During Beijing Olympics
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.
(AP)
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I found several pictures of “dog meat” on google … but QUICKLY pussied-out from using them … Yeah, dog meat and cat meat … THAT just ain’t right.
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Heh … Nobody’s biting on this story, huh?
July 12th, 2008 at 5:14 pmlol
“Dog, known in Chinese as “xiangrou,” or “fragrant meat,””
I remember being in a Chinese restaurant with my daughters and telling them that “fragrant” was code for puppy meat.
July 12th, 2008 at 8:55 pmTwo of them heaved on the spot and my middle daughter said “cool”.
hope that they hire SODEXO, otherwise I bet there will be some convenient indispositions, that could fit one’s team ambition
July 13th, 2008 at 1:10 amYa just substitute it with rodent and cat.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:02 amNo one will ever know.
It tastes like chicken.