I hear so much about people eating domestic animals here in Pa....are there really recipes out there people use????? Just curious!!!!

Are you planning on cooking your neighbor's cat or something?

No Hell No!!!! This weekend i was out and i overheard 2 couples discussing a dog they cooked to see how it would taste....they said they enjoyed it....grossed me out a bit!! But this is not the first time i have heard of people eating pets....or so called pets.

In many countries of the world, what we consider pets are considered food. I don't know of any recipes off-hand, nor do I particularly want to, but yes, people the world over eat "pets."

Yikes!

I live in Amish country and many of them eat horses here. I have talked to few that when their horse comes up lame they put it down and butcher it.

In Egypt, they do the same with their camels.

Well how 'bout cattle in India

Tacos el Gato

Cha Shu dog

About 10 years ago or so, there was a Chinese restaurant that was rumored to have been using cat in their recipes. The Health Department got called on them, the police came too and they found cat remains in the trash bins behind the restaurant.

So I guess you can never be too sure of what you are being served anymore.

There was a chinese buffet near where i live where the health department came in a sampled the fresh meats.....needless to say what was to be chicken was not!!!! They were closed and reopened 2 months later, not many cars parked in their lot these days!!!

I'll have a quarter-poodle w/ cheese and a large order of Kitten McNuggets...

While some Asian cultures do eat dog, it's not likly you'll be served any in a Chinese restaurant in the US. Chicken is cheap, dog & cat is not a viable substitute. No businessman is going to that that risk. Besides,if they had dog they'd save that delicacy for themselves, at home. This is what I was told by the owner of the Chinese restaurant I worked at years ago. It's common sense. Pets that dissapear are sometimes illegally are sold to research labs, & they would pay way more than a restaurant would, even if the restaurant was willing to risk it. These rumors are ignorant , racist & mean.

Do you have a link to a newspaper or health department site?

i was told ; when i was in North Carolina-- that i had just eaten some horse meat. -- then, when i lived in Texas--i was told i had eaten some donkey meat. (i did not know either time!)

Sounds like the peeps from West VA moved to PA.! Sounds like somethin they would doooooooooooooooooo...