Tuesday, December 11

 
IHT: South Koreans Defend Their Canine Cuisine

It's true: dog meat is a popular ingredient in Korean cuisine. If you're a dog lover in the U.S., France, Britain or just about anywhere else in the Western world, the idea of Fido done to a turn is repugnant, but does that make it wrong in South Korea? The American reliance on eating beef in all forms most likely turns the stomachs of observant Hindus, but at leasat they're polite enough not to demand that we change our ways before they'll do business with us. I'm not defending man-eat-dog dining, just trying to find the point at which cultural imperialism goes too far. This story in the International herald Tribune does a nice job in putting the whole issue in context.
posted by Unknown 10:10 PM