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 didn't know this either, but I realized in Ecuador, well more appropriately Quito, because we never left Quito, that many people live in tiny apartments in tall buildings with no elevator. I think there is a desire to be self-sufficient, so guinea pigs are less messy, can breed in a small space, and one animal is enough for a family meal with nothing left over and not much trash created to haul down the stairs.
I immediately noticed the bricklyaying technique is not up to par here. A lot of reasons, most people put up walls quickly with cheap bricks, leaving 50% of the brick contact area without mortar. When plaster is put up though, you never know how weak your wall is. Strong winds often take down exterior walls here, and I certainly don't want to be crushed by a slab at night. Another thing, the bricks here aren't very straight and vary in size, and the sand granules aren't very fine, so this contributes to the mortar being nearly thicker than the bricks. Everything is always different here whether better or worse.
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
I don't know the situation all over SE Asia, but I do know it is illegal in Thailand. I often hear stories about Cambodian migrant factory workers arrested in Thailand for barbecuing a dog, and the police seem to be quite serious about it. Here in Cambodia it is slowly becoming taboo, but there are still no laws to protect domestic pets from becoming dinner.
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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Thank you my friend for stopping by. I have been vegan for almost 25 years, so I don't know about it. Here it is more expensive than normal meats and many people I know say it doesn't taste good, but there is a still belief it restores vigor to the old men.
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.
I guess I can't say whether it's ethical or not, but in some cases there are dogs raised for meat only. This is not as bad as stealing someone's pet, but something about farming dogs for meat just feels weird to me. It's all relative though, many Slovenians and northern Italians grew up eating horsemeat burgers, something very strange to the average American.
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.
Thailand also has laws preventing this, but I think most importantly the culture changing is more important. There is a belief in Cambodia that eating dog meat restores sexual vigor in old men, but there is no science behind any of this.
Yes, thats exactly what I think my friend it will increase sexual stamina, lol.
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 🤣
I like it most of all when I only say "hello" and a few simple phrases, then it's usually followed by... "this guy can say a few things but he can't understand a word we say can he?" My wife usually reminds them to be careful of what they're about to say 🤣
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.👍
Yes, that's true, but I don't understand, this post is about the lady selling dog meat alongside the road.
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.
As a vegan I could only imagine eating animals in a life and death situation, but not even sure if I could do it under circumstances like that.
Above all I pray to God. Your residence will be completed very soon. Blessings and hugs.
Thank you, and above all I hope that dog wasn't somebody's pet.
Yes sir you are wellcome
Personally I don't eat dog meat but over here, it's a delicacy, and is said to cure malaria.
Malaria, that is a new one, here it restores sexual vigor to old men 😂😂😂 If Cambodian dudes hear it cures malaria I think the country will be dogless in 5 years.
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