Would you eat your pets?

I would never eat my pet. However, if I get into desperate straights your pet is **** outta luck.

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msolga wrote:

Chumly wrote:
.. So, what's your beef with eating dog?

Well, it'd be a damn sight harder if it's the family pet!

Call me sentimental, I don't care! :wink:

Eating insects should be OK though?

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If you think eating insects is gross, you may be in the cultural minority. Throughout history, people have relished insects as food. Today, many cultures still do.

Ten thousand years ago hunters and gatherers ate bugs to survive. They probably learned what was edible from observing what animals ate, according to Gene DeFoliart, a professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The ancient Romans and Greeks dined on insects. Pliny, the first-century Roman scholar and author of Historia Naturalis, wrote that Roman aristocrats loved to eat beetle larvae reared on flour and wine.

Aristotle, the fourth-century Greek philosopher and scientist, described in his writings the ideal time to harvest cicadas: "The larva of the cicada on attaining full size in the ground becomes a nymph; then it tastes best, before the husk is broken. At first the males are better to eat, but after copulation the females, which are then full of white eggs."

The Old Testament encouraged Christians and Jews to consume locusts, beetles, and grasshoppers. St. John the Baptist is said to have survived on locusts and honey when he lived in the desert.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0715_040715_tvinsectfood.html

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Chumly wrote:

msolga wrote:
Chumly wrote:
.. So, what's your beef with eating dog?

Well, it'd be a damn sight harder if it's the family pet!

Call me sentimental, I don't care! :wink:
Eating insects should be OK though?

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If you think eating insects is gross, you may be in the cultural minority. Throughout history, people have relished insects as food. Today, many cultures still do.

Ten thousand years ago hunters and gatherers ate bugs to survive. They probably learned what was edible from observing what animals ate, according to Gene DeFoliart, a professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The ancient Romans and Greeks dined on insects. Pliny, the first-century Roman scholar and author of Historia Naturalis, wrote that Roman aristocrats loved to eat beetle larvae reared on flour and wine.

Aristotle, the fourth-century Greek philosopher and scientist, described in his writings the ideal time to harvest cicadas: "The larva of the cicada on attaining full size in the ground becomes a nymph; then it tastes best, before the husk is broken. At first the males are better to eat, but after copulation the females, which are then full of white eggs."

The Old Testament encouraged Christians and Jews to consume locusts, beetles, and grasshoppers. St. John the Baptist is said to have survived on locusts and honey when he lived in the desert.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0715_040715_tvinsectfood.html

Why are you persisting, Chumly? Laughing

You're never going to get me seriously involved in this argument. Because ...

.. because it's a hypothetical argument. A person could argue anything inflexibly & be right - 100% "correct" - in terms of the argument.

Hey, I might eat a locust, or a dog even, or whatever. How would I know, for real, unless I was actually desperate enough to have to seriously contemplate it?

Frankly, I'd really prefer not to do that ... but I wouldn't really know until my survival depended on it.

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msolga wrote:

cyphercat wrote:
......Olga, I think you have the right idea-- I'd better leave too if I want to still like coming to a2k

Wise move by the tabby person!

Nothing worse than a really, really convincing argument to do something unthinkable, which you can't really argue against!

Best to stay right away!

Well, and look at this, I'm not doing it, am I? Laughing

I should never have posted, now I'll always be seeing it popping up in my posts and be fighting the temptation to look!

....I'm not worried about convincing arguments, however; I'm no more likely to find these arguments convincing than I am to consider eating one of you guys... I'm one of the few here you could trust in a desperate situation not to go all Donner Party on your ass Very Happy

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cyphercat wrote:

msolga wrote:
cyphercat wrote:
......Olga, I think you have the right idea-- I'd better leave too if I want to still like coming to a2k

Wise move by the tabby person!

Nothing worse than a really, really convincing argument to do something unthinkable, which you can't really argue against!

Best to stay right away!

Well, and look at this, I'm not doing it, am I? I should never have posted, now I'll always be seeing it popping up in my posts and be fighting the temptation to look!

....I'm not worried about convincing arguments, however; I'm no more likely to find these arguments convincing than I am to consider eating one of you guys... I'm one of the few here you could trust in a desperate situation not to go all Donner Party on your ass

So, when the time comes, can I share the fall-out shelter with you then, cypher? :wink:

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I would eat my cat and my two dogs.

I know that if I died of starvation before my pet did, I'm 100% sure they'd eat me.

If my wife/family died before I did, I'd eat them too.

There are many studies done on the survival instinct in near death circumstances. While many of you may never admit it (or can't) you would do the same. Your higher conscience would cease to function and your body would hit biological survival mode.

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Labs are my favorite because they're so friendly and mild tempered. I thought about getting a dog when my son was little and I even got some books at the library on breeds and temperments and even though I don't remember the other breeds, I was set on getting a lab because of their good nature all around.

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Dog Soup is called, Gaejang, Gajangkuk, or Gujang, Gujangaeng, Guyoukgeng.

It has been called Bosintang from the later part of 1940, but during the period of the 1988 Olympic games, it was banned to use the name of Bosintang, so its name was replaced by Youngyangtang, Sacheoltang,
Mungmungtang.

But nowadays, the name of Bosintang is widely used instead of Youngyangtang. Bosintang is made by boiling dog meat with thin soy paste, tearing it into pieces, putting ingredients such as green onion, leek, stalk of taro, brake into broth, and boiling it again to make Bosintang.

In Kyungsang province, to get rid of the smell, perilla purple are put in the soup. Perilla are also used for ridding the smell. Taste of perilla is similar to that of dog, and it becomes a good match to dog meat.

Side dishes of dog meat are Kimchi, fresh peppers, and cucumbers. Adding a glass of Soju (liquor) enhances the taste.

The standard amount of ingredients for one portion:

(1) Ingredients
100g of boiled dog meat, 500g of gravy, 20g of green onion, 10g of a leek, 10g of perilla leaves, 100g of taro stalk soaked in water.

(2) Sauce
8g of salt, 2g of mashed garlic, 3g of perilla, 2g of red pepper, 2g of mashed ginger, a little amount of pepper.

(3) Cooking instruction
After boiling the meat with gravy and stalk of taro for some time, boil again after putting vegetables an d other ingredients into it. Before eating, sprinkle pepper on it and put into an earthen bowl. The stalk of taro is to be kept in cold water one or two days to get rid of its smell and taste.

Bosintang Picture

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1363/yobosinsv1.jpg

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Oh damn! That post was suppose to go in the dog breed for kids thread Shocked

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maporsche wrote:

I would eat my cat and my two dogs.

I know that if I died of starvation before my pet did, I'm 100% sure they'd eat me.

If my wife/family died before I did, I'd eat them too.

There are many studies done on the survival instinct in near death circumstances. While many of you may never admit it (or can't) you would do the same. Your higher conscience would cease to function and your body would hit biological survival mode.

and that's the bottom line.

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Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

maporsche wrote:
I would eat my cat and my two dogs.

I know that if I died of starvation before my pet did, I'm 100% sure they'd eat me.

If my wife/family died before I did, I'd eat them too.

There are many studies done on the survival instinct in near death circumstances. While many of you may never admit it (or can't) you would do the same. Your higher conscience would cease to function and your body would hit biological survival mode.

and that's the bottom line.

I'll add that I wouldn't enjoy ANY of it. The thought of being in a situation like this is truly disturbing.

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I'll add that I wouldn't enjoy ANY of it. The thought of being in a situation like this is truly disturbing.

Nawww, ****!

I can see us now, "Come here kids...momma got a whole bag of 5lb. bag of sugar for ya, lets see if we can get you fattened up...."

~pokes kids in ribs......

Shocked

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agreed... but ya do what ya gotta do... survival is in general the prime directive...

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makemeshiver33 wrote:

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I'll add that I wouldn't enjoy ANY of it. The thought of being in a situation like this is truly disturbing.

Nawww, ****!

I can see us now, "Come here kids...momma got a whole bag of 5lb. bag of sugar for ya, lets see if we can get you fattened up...."

~pokes kids in ribs......

I know......I've built "eating family members/pets" into my survival plan. They're right after feces, but right before artichoke hearts.

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I know......I've built "eating family members/pets" into my survival plan. They're right after feces, but right before artichoke hearts.

Well, if survival mode means we end up eating family members, then I just hope I die first.....I got plenty of fat stored up....lol

Honestly, with the direction this world headed....we don't know what we may have to do to survive in the future. Hannibal may come out looking like Emeril.....

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maporsche wrote:

I know that if I died of starvation before my pet did, I'm 100% sure they'd eat me.

So your motto is, "If my pet would do it, I'll do it"? Um, that must be an interesting way to live... *cough* I, however, don't do things just because my pets would do them if they got the chance... Laughing

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If my wife/family died before I did, I'd eat them too.

There are many studies done on the survival instinct in near death circumstances. While many of you may never admit it (or can't) you would do the same. Your higher conscience would cease to function and your body would hit biological survival mode.

I'm sorry, but bullshit. What about people who choose to starve to death? I could google for more examples, but what immediately comes to mind is a man I read about who chose to starve to death during the Holocaust because there was only food enough for the women and children he was with. According to you, no one would be able to make the self-sacrificing choice like that, but we know that they can and do. Sorry, but maybe you just can't admit that some people have stronger morals than you? Smile

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This one time me and my dad were in a Chinese restaraunt and a cat ran out of the kitchen and then a cook ran out after it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D06PlPYBxK4&NR=1

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This one time me and my dad were in a Chinese restaraunt and a cat ran out of the kitchen and then a cook ran out after it.

Well, one time I went to Mexico and was served "sumthin'" in a taco....we like to think it was goat, but were not sure that it might not have been a dog.

It was goooood though..........lmao

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makemeshiver33 wrote:

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This one time me and my dad were in a Chinese restaraunt and a cat ran out of the kitchen and then a cook ran out after it.

Well, one time I went to Mexico and was served "sumthin'" in a taco....we like to think it was goat, but were not sure that it might not have been a dog.

It was goooood though..........lmao

Me and my dad thought the same exact thing. It was so good and cheap we would just block that out. We could never figure out why they can't make tacos taste like that in the states.

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cyphercat wrote:

I'm sorry, but bullshit. What about people who choose to starve to death? I could google for more examples, but what immediately comes to mind is a man I read about who chose to starve to death during the Holocaust because there was only food enough for the women and children he was with. According to you, no one would be able to make the self-sacrificing choice like that, but we know that they can and do. Sorry, but maybe you just can't admit that some people have stronger morals than you?

I didn't think I was making a moral argument.

I've also read about the holocaust about how when they'd empty the containers that they used to burn the Jews alive...the children would always be on bottom, women in the middle, and men on top. The human animal will do pretty much whatever it takes to survive when it comes down to life or death.

I'm sure you can find examples showing otherwise, I'm also positive that these are far more uncommon than we'd like to believe. In life/death situations people do a lot of things that one might not wish they'd do.

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