Hooooray!

[stevepiv]

Just in case anyone is going to the Olympics



http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...8191.story

Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics
From the Associated Press

6:27 AM PDT, July 11, 2008

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 today.

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.

[fourvetta]

Thats funny!

My boss recently ate horse meat inadvertently at a buffet in Korea.

Tastes kind of like beef he says.

[stevepiv]

fourvetta Wrote:Thats funny!

My boss recently ate horse meat inadvertently at a buffet in Korea.

Tastes kind of like beef he says.

I would make myself *RePuke* then *crapper*just to make sure it all got out.

Sorry for the graphic details of my story.