I tried chicken testicles (gai tzi) at a hot pot once on a dare. It was painful.
Painful? Why? Did it taste that bad?
one of my mates ate some soup that his colleagues had brought to work, it had the usual medly of off-cuts, plus some stuff he had no idea what it was... so he asked.. and was told his colleagues sister just had a baby, and there was placenta in the soup. yeewwwww
(i know some cultures do this, but still...)
Well 3 things:
1) If you own a dog...it's a little harder IMHO to eat dog meat. Same really can be said if you owned cat or any other animal you feel attached to.
2) Sadly there is certain pressure from society that it is wrong to eat dogs/cats. I guess dog & cats aren't really breed to be eaten (unlike cows, pigs etc) hence the taboo factor.
3) Certain 'exotic' animals would be more special if they are a species on the endangered animal list. With the way us Chinese people eat sharks fin or potentially animals like bear, owl etc it won't be long until they become extinct.
I once had a pizza with thousand island dressing on it, and there were peaches in the salad! Mental.
i can see what you mean, but as a kid/teen i had pet rabbits, pet goats, sheep, calves... i still ate their siblings. maybe i am heartless, i dunno. i'm vego now
i think it's more that western cultures (waiting for Mr No to jump in here) don't feel right eating canivores... pigs being omnivores seems ok though? hmm
yeah, a bit like fish in general if we're honest. they're not exotic but there's not many left
Note: i'm not trying to turn this into a pro-vego thread!
Last edited by dropdedfwed; 18-12-2009 at 03:02 PM. Reason: added a wee note