Dog Meat Off The Menu For Olympics

[oregonpackfan]

Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics
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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.

[Scott Campbell]

We can all rest easy knowing that its safe for Harlan to expose himself on Chinese playgrounds, without fear of the BBQ.


Hey kids, look at my pretty kite!

[sheepshead]

OPF do you have comcast as your internet provider?

[MJZiggy]

I have one for them. She's a little stringy, but comes laced with a nice dose of valium.

[oregonpackfan]

OPF do you have comcast as your internet provider?

Yes, I do.

[oregonpackfan]

This dog meat story reminds me of an old story from Rice Lake.

Shortly after the Vietnam War ended, a local Lutheran church in Rice Lake sponsored several Hmong families from Laos. These were political refugees as their relatives had assisted American Special Forces in Laos and Cambodia.

Though Rice Lake had dog leash laws, they were rarely enforced. A number of families let their dogs roam loose in their neighborhoods.

After the Hmong arrived, scores of dogs suddenly began disappearing! Finally, after realizing the Hmong were helping themselves to seemingly "Free meat" a cultural interpreter was sent to the Hmong. They were instructed that not eating dogs was a "peculiar" American custom.

[sheepshead]

Thought so, I do too and i see the same headlines. Just curious.

I was in Rice Lake a few weeks ago for the first time, calling on the Hospital there, Lakeside I think. Interesting little town.

[mraynrand]

cultural interpreter

cultural interpreter?

[HowardRoark]

cultural interpreter

cultural interpreter?

I think that's what Ty does.

Or is it ethnic interpretation?

Oh hell, let's be honest, he interprets Mankind.