I know, but without rice and soy sauce ?

I would have no problem with it.. ALthough in other parts of the world where vaccinations are not as widespread. It is not unheard of for people to contract rabies via inhalation of aerosilized Blood born pathogens while butchering dogs and cats.

Little poackets of soy sauce, and a little bottle of tabasco live in my pack to help me choke down the nasties when I'm feeling adventurous.. I just ask for extra when I order chines and theow a few in my pack.

Good thread, Thanks.
 
If I was starving I would eat any meat source I could get my hands on. I have been on the lookout for a coyote lately, just to try it.
 
I've talked to veterans who had it, not deliberately, in Vietnam and they said it was ok when they didn't know what it was. I wouldn't want to eat dog or cat, especially after months and months of mass produced pet food moving through their systems but if I was starving and I was down to 180lbs or something I might not be anywhere near as picky as I am right now.
 
I'm not even crazy about venison, I doubt I'll like dog or cat. I don't have any hangups about eating them, just don't think they'd taste good from all that I've read. I really prefer beef, chicken, and pork.
 
Im not crazy about eating carnivoures. Dont know what it is, but something about it puts me off. Id never voluntarily eat buzzards, coyotes, etc.

Deny me of any food in a couple of days, and ill be the first to change my stance :D

Ive had horse before and it tasted great - it had a slightly sweet taste to it. The best burger i ever had was a ostrich burger. Ive eaten sheeps brain too. Made me feel slightly dumber :D
 
I think if you would be in a situation where your life would be at stake you would eat just about everything. It's hard to get to it now from your cosy armchair but believe me you'd eat even a dog after starving a week or two...
 
I ate dog in Korea, but the dogs they eat are breed for it...not some random pooch off the street. It was expensive.


Not to be "that guy", but it taste like chicken.
 
This is an interesting thread that just shows how much people are restricted by culture concerning what are proper foods to eat. I do not deliberately seek out uusual foods to eat, but I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Western Samoa and have continued as a teacher in the Pacific islands region. During this time, I have eaten flying fox (fruit bat), shark, sting ray, sea urchin, crocodile and sea cucumber. All are edible. I have learned to enjoy breadfruit, taro and taro leaves, coconut meat and other vegetables that I now prefer to potatoes. On the other hand, I know Samoans who turn up their noses at salads made with lettuce and cucumbers - they consider it to be "horse food". Culture, not nutritional value, determines what is considered to be proper food.

I have not yet eaten dog, snake, rhinoceros beetle larvae, horsemeat or cat. These, however, are all eaten by various cultures in the region. Food, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
Faiaoga ("schoolteacher" in Samoan)
 
I was stationed in the Philippines for three years and ate dog twice,that I know of....Both times were at parties and I didn't know I was eating it.. There were trays of food everywhere and I have to try a little of everything,(can't be rude)...Both times after I was done eating and full..My GF would smile and say was everything masarap ?(that means delicious) And everything was always delicious..Then she and her friends would giggle and say you had aso (SP? means dog)..When cooked with vegis and rice it tastes like any other meat in my experience...

BTW- In the Philippines they don't eat just any wild street dog..These dogs are raised at farms and cost more than beef..Its usually just eaten at parties/special occasions..
CD

Edit..So to answer your question..If my family was hungry and I had no other means to feed them..I would process the animal in the woods and they would only see me putting the meat in the stew..
 
When I was a kid in England growing up after WW2, it was traditional for skinned rabbits to be sold with the heads intact (and unskinned) so you could see they weren't cats. Older folk told me that there really wasn't a lot of difference in taste, though I don't have any first-hand experience so far as I know. I used to be very fond of horse, ate it regularly when I lived in France, and donkey was an ingredient of my favourite saucisson. If I was hungry I'd have no qualms whatsoever about eating dog or cat - but then maybe that's what being vegetarian for 15 years will do to you! :D

At the end of the day, when you're really hungry, meat is meat.
 
i would never eat a domestic dog or cat. a wolf, dingo or a cat type animal like a lynx would definitely make it to the fire pit in a survival situation.
 
The more I think about my answer the more convinced I am that it is correct for me. I'm confident that for me it is more to do with “excellent relationships” that puts them so far down the list than it is a cultural thing. The reason being is this hypothetical: If random bloke and his malinois are intent on doing me harm then slotting his dog and eating it becomes a great deal easier. Whilst I'm sure sociologists or anthropologists or whatnot might be on to something with their cultural level of explanation to describe trends I'm minded of a simpler explanation at a tribal rather than mass cultural level. If it is potentially “in-group” I'm more likely to hesitate and prefer something else. If it is clearly “out-group” I don't give a hoot if it lives or dies, and feeding on it becomes easier. That accords with my beliefs about extreme situations quite nicely too. Go all Cheddar Gorge thinking and it has to be easier to eat some ponce that's been annoying you all week that someone that has the qualifications to potentially be a friend, or even a neutral.
 
I was working in eastern Europe many years ago and all there was for meat was horse. Being a lifelong horseman I said that I would never eat it but after a couple weeks I got hungry. It tasted fine but was fairly tough. I don't think that dog or cat would be any harder for me to stomach.
 
the thing is, if you're good enough to catch a dog or cat in the wild, you're bound to catch a tastier herbivore sooner. where did i read that native americans will trap wolves and wild cats during winter only if the deer and rabbit are nowhere to be found.
 
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