Seoul hounds ‘meat vendors’ for cleaner chow; dog stew is a delicacy, but causes salmonella - (Wall Street Journal)
May 12, 2008 – 5:39 pmSEOUL, South Korea — As the hot summer rolls around, many South Koreans will, according to this story, dine on a local dish that’s often named “sweet meat” or “healthy soup.”
The dish is dog — and it supposedly gives an energizing boost without a filled-up feeling. Some say it enhances stamina and sexual prowess. But dog meat has recently been linked to a spate of salmonella and staph infections, drawing the attention of authorities — and bringing a long-simmering cultural dispute to a boil.
The story explains that although dog meat is officially banned in Seoul, enforcement is lax. It is served by an unsupervised industry of small farmers, butchers and mom-and-pop restaurants. In Seoul alone, some 530 restaurants have dog on the menu, mostly spicy dog-meat stew laced with ginger and garlic for about $10 a bowl, about twice as much as soups made with seafood or beef.
In March, […]
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