Dog

Nga, Long and me at dog meat restaurant

Continuing on the uncommon meats trail. Had dog tonight. As expected nothing special. Still have rat, cat, snake and horse on the list but not expecting anything new with them. If they were real tasty they'd be raised for slaughter en masse like cows, pigs, chicken, etc already.

Have thought of something not raised for slaughter that I think is very tasty, squid. That's the one exception though.

Also one son reminded me I was planning to try bugs if I found them and my dinner companions asked if I would eat crickets. Thanked my son for the reminder and said yes to my dinner companions. No crickets tonight though.

dog meat and dog meat sausage

So what was the meal? Dog meat, believe it was boiled, and dog meat sausage made with the blood as well as the meat. The meat had the skin left on it. I didn't expect that or its orange color. Didn't like the skin much. The texture was soft and easy to bite through, I didn't notice a distinct flavor and the color kind of threw me. There was a thin layer of fat between the skin and meat. The meat was a bit chewy. There wasn't a strong flavor and no gamy taste. Can't say what it did taste like just what I didn't detect.

Have no idea what kind of dog it was. Didn't see dogs, alive or dead, in the restaurant. Also didn't hear any dogs while there. Suspect the meat was brought in each day and dogs not slaughtered there. 

Anyway, as expected after my experience with turtle and lizard, dog is still not "blue food".