[KS] Re: dog-eating [was: Reginald Horace Blyth]

Edward J. Baker ejbaker at fas.harvard.edu
Tue Jul 18 00:26:41 EDT 2000


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I'd have to say I'm sick to death of this topic and the sanctimonious
American and European attitudes on it (I was going to say "English" but
then I remembered Bridget Bardot!).

Let's lay it to rest. Please consult Calvin W. Schwabe, Unmentionable
Cuisine, U.Va Press, 1992 pp. 167-176, esp. p. 173 which discusses the
consumption of Hundefleisch in Switzerland.

I can respect, though not accept, the view of real vegetarians (those who
don't eat fish or other seafood [I'll never forget our son's girlfriend who
was a vegetarian, but had to have a plate of shrimp once in a while], who
don't wear leather, and don't swat mosquitos) but the rest do not deserve
another minute of our time-and this is the last time you'll hear from me on
the subject unless you need a reference to a good place in Seoul (I am
related to a real working class place), Pyongyang, Canton, or Hanoi. I do
my best to avoid the stuff, because I can't help think of Heather, Zeke,
Sugar, and the others, but I really can't understand the self-righteous who
eat grasshoppers or beef or shrimp and criticize those who eat dog.
Yours,

Edward J. Baker

Harvard-Yenching Institute
2 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

tel: 617-496-6059
fax: 617-495-7798
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I'd have to say I'm sick to death of this topic and the sanctimonious
American and European attitudes on it (I was going to say "English" but
then I remembered Bridget Bardot!).


Let's lay it to rest. Please consult Calvin W. Schwabe,
<italic>Unmentionable Cuisine, </italic>U.Va Press, 1992 pp. 167-176,
esp. p. 173 which discusses the consumption of Hundefleisch in
Switzerland.


I can respect, though not accept, the view of real vegetarians (those
who don't eat fish or other seafood [I'll never forget our son's
girlfriend who was a vegetarian, but had to have a plate of shrimp once
in a while], who don't wear leather, and don't swat mosquitos) but the
rest do not deserve another minute of our time-and this is the last
time you'll hear from me on the subject unless you need a reference to
a good place in Seoul (I am related to a real working class place),
Pyongyang, Canton, or Hanoi. I do my best to avoid the stuff, because I
can't help think of Heather, Zeke, Sugar, and the others, but I really
can't understand the self-righteous who eat grasshoppers or beef or
shrimp and criticize those who eat dog. 

Yours,


Edward J. Baker


Harvard-Yenching Institute

2 Divinity Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138 USA


tel: 617-496-6059

fax: 617-495-7798

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