Where do you draw the line?

You gotta include rabbit, cute for sure but absolutely delicious as well.

I had an alright kangaroo burger once. Didn't jump back up my throat or anything.

agree! I used to snare (with heavy picture hanging wire) rabbits and hares in wisconsin in the winter when I was a kid. My mom would deep-fry them and wow they were good!

My dad does a rabbit stew, it's unreal.

How does dog taste because they are some worthless critters.

Honestly rabbit should be closer to the food line. Much more acceptable as food than a horse. (Though, I've never tried rabbit). And there's no turtle or fish, but there's 4 dogs and 3 cats??

You would be a dog-eater.

Meat is meat. Aside from taste I do not see any reason it is worse to eat a dog than a chicken.

"Dog-eater" is something of an insult some of the Native tribes like to throw at each other. Some of them take it rather seriously, but honestly, probably all of them ate dogs at some point or other if there was nothing else to eat.

Most predatory animals don't have the best tasting meat. One reason why dog and cat aren't on most meat lists

Plus that whole companionship thing.

Hmm, were there dogs around before the Europeans showed up?

Yeah, the multiple dogs and cats kinda ruins the credibility of what I'd assume is a PETA ad.

I've eaten everything on that sign except cat, which I will try if I have the chance, which I probably will at some point in China.

LizK's point about meat quality is real, but morally, I don't see a distinction. Granted, I'm not much of an animal lover, although I did grow up around cats, and I would have no problem eating them.

Yes. Actually they were the primary beasts of burden until horses were reintroduced to the Americas. That's part of the stigma against eating them.

I got that it is possible due to their diet the meat might taste bad, but I have eaten alligator and that was tasty. Is that something we were told because hunting predatory animals is very problematic.

So dogs really do not taste good?

I had it only once in Korea. It was okay, but not really worth having again. I don't know what kind of dog it was.

^ Probably dead, and cooked...

My father had rat once, on Okinawa. A local family invited him and a buddy for dinner as a thank-you for winning the war. He didn't know it was rat until he asked, surprised they had any meat at all. He said it was kind of stringy and tough. He said he was fine knowing it was rat until he looked at his buddy, who was in the process of turning green and retching. Then they both excused themselves and ran outside to puke. Very rude of them, I'd say.

kind of greasy.

Aren't turtles and terrapins considered a delicacy in the United States? I seem to remember references to John F. Kennedy dining on it.

Aaaand another family food legend. My great-great grandmother and her brother were sitting around their log cabin when they were children, here in the wilds of NJ (at the time), when two Native American children (most likely Lenape) barged in as if they owned the place (ha!), threw a live turtle into the fireplace, waited a few minutes while it cooked, then cracked it open and started eating it as they left. Not so much as a thank you.

two to the left...
not much on the horse meat, but rabbit is fuckin' delicious!

Around here (especially in the 80s), I've had dog (short cow) enough to have an opinion on how well it's been cooked.

yeah, there's a reason Inuit still prefer dog teams to skidoos.

PETA and credibility are mutually exclusive concepts.

It would be ruder to puke inside the house, I would think.



As far as eating dog....eh. Obviously, I'm a dog lover so I won't be seeking out Beagle Niçoise any time soon, but as long as the animal is raised humanely then I don't care.

I've heard that in regards to eating dogs, what type of dog and how old they are matters greatly (same is true with cows as very few older cows are used for human consumption).

Whales Apes, Dolphins and elephants I here magpies are also selfaware.