In Cambodia it is not uncommon for men seeking "renewed libido" to eat "medicinal dog meat," and on this day a stranger came through the village looking to make a quick sale.
🚧 Lodge Construction Interrupted 🛵
I was doing some curating on Hive when I heard @srey-yuu say that someone was selling dog meat along the road. As our village only has 30 people and is 30km away from the nearest settlement, I was curious to see who was selling and/or possibly kidnapped someone else's dog. Luckily the lady trying to slang dog meat wasn't from our village, but she was also wearing a mask and not revealing too much info about herself.
Eating dog meat isn't illegal in Cambodia, but year-by-year it becomes increasingly taboo because the source of the meat is usually a stolen pet and also cultural norms are shifting with the times. We can safely assume the seller and her son are masked up not because of COVID protocol, but because it would make it harder to identify her in the future if someone comes asking about a missing pet.
🐶 Dog Meat Not Quite Taboo Yet 🍴
My family and I are vegan, so selling it to us wasn't gonna be easy, but as I walked up to the road I overheard my in-law construction crew discussing the idea of sharing the cost together and buying some. I don't think they purchased any because they would've had to have used their own money, and dog meat is expensive in Cambodia when compared to chicken, beef, or pork. My money is used to buy meat for the workers each day though, and because of this their food costs are 300% more than what my family of 4 is able to live on.
To each their own though, and as a person that tries not to use or support any violence when it comes to feeding myself, I can say that a cow seemingly enjoys its life just as much as a dog does. In my mind eating dog meat is no less weird than a cow's flesh, but perhaps the only caveat is that historically dogs are domesticated wolves that mostly partnered with humans throughout history. In this way it is kind of feels like eating a friend to me, but Italians and Slovenians eat horses and Ecuadorians eat guinea pigs, so different strokes for different folks.
Sidenote - I can't stop admiring the view that future lodge guests will have when dining and hanging out.
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Well you really do learn something new every day. I never knew any cultures ate guinea pigs.
Many years ago in the UK there was a Chinese take away near where my husband lived when we were first dating. They got caught using dog meat in their meals. It was closed down for a while after this, but reopened, I'm not sure for how long, though. There was speculation as to where they got the meat. I don't think any pets were going missing locally.
The lodge looks like it's coming along well. They seem to be using thinner bricks and thicker mortar than I'm used to seeing here. Is that a cost thing or just a different way of doing things there?
I wish they ban the dog meat trade in there. That's just too much 🥺. What if the dog is actually someone's pet right. My gosh! Even here in our place I know people who eat that. We can report it to PAWS, but need clear evidence. Its hard to get that though. Aigooo
the lodge construction is looking so nice.
we also have some people who eat dog meat, even some of my fried eat them a few time. But although Iam a meat eater, I don't really keen on eating the dog meat, as it seems a little bit weird for me.
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I felt sad for those dogs, and I really can't imagine myself eating a dog meat especially that I have my own dog that became not just a pet for me№,but a best friend.
Personally I don't eat dog meat but over here, it's a delicacy, and is said to cure malaria.
Our country's economy is declining, so commodity prices are going up, which is why our daily food costs are higher than we thought.have a great day.👍
I watch the video clip later, she got a shock when Pov told her you can understand Khmer 🤣 good job french guy! She'd be like, holy park, luckily I didn't say bad things about the Frenchie 🤣
Above all I pray to God. Your residence will be completed very soon. Blessings and hugs.
Hello my friend, actually here in the Philippines there are people which really eat dog meat. But due to some restriction of law about animals specially dogs, so it
was stop in killing dogs for meat.
Dog meat being eaten is also a common thing here in the Philippines. But we also do not want it. Though we are not vegan, like you and your whole family, we have dog pets and we treat them as part of our family.