There is probably no person who does not love dogs - our faithful, useful and cute companions. But Koreans and some other Asian peoples love them in a special way. In South Korea in the early 2000s, there were almost 6.5 thousand suppliers of dog meat, selling 25 tons of dog meat per day. Now there are fewer of them - but not by much. Dog meat is the fourth most consumed meat in the country after pork, beef and chicken.

Consumption of dog meat has a long history in Korea. It is believed that it came to Korea from China, where eating dog meat originated in the Neolithic period. In China and Korea, special breeds with good taste have been bred: these are the Tibetan mastiff, chow chow, Taihang dog (comes from the Taihang mountain range, located in the provinces of Henan, Hebei, Shanxi), Shar Pei; Mongolian dog; Guangdong yellow dog. One of the oldest “meat” dog breeds is the Hemudu dog, its history goes back 7,000 years. If you don’t have meat dogs on hand, you can use St. Bernard, Newfoundland, Great Dane, and German Shepherd meat.

Dog meat dishes are served in restaurants and prepared at home. Methods for preparing dog meat and dishes made from it are varied. Dogs are fried, stewed, and their meat is used as a filling.

Eating dog meat is associated with certain ideas about its healing and even magical properties. Thus, on hot summer days, Koreans often order posinthan soup - in Korea they believe that such a dish increases the courage and sexual potency of men. The soup recipe is quite simple: dog meat is boiled with green onions, perilla leaves, dandelion leaves and spices (doenjang, gochujang and perilla seed powder).

In China, dog meat and various internal organs are used as medicines for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, sexual disorders, anemia, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fainting, palpitations, tinnitus, general weakness, neurasthenia, rheumatism, bone fractures , frostbite, lower back pain, etc.

In 2005, the Korean government drafted a bill banning the cruel slaughter of dogs. However, this document did not abolish the consumption of dog meat. It is known that the bill ordered not to kill dogs in public, not to slaughter dogs by strangulation, but it did not indicate the permitted methods of slaughter.

Modern young Koreans have different attitudes towards eating dog meat, but they are still very far from giving it up.

Kya hae is a Korean dish based on dog meat. In Korea, not everyone has dogs, not always and not everywhere. Even before the Olympic Games in Seoul, the government demanded that dog meat be removed from the menu of cafes and restaurants so as not to embarrass itself in front of tourists. Therefore, since that time, dog farms have been located far from cities.

Kya he - Korean dish

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You can only find a restaurant where you can enjoy dog ​​meat on the recommendation of local friends, and then make a personal request directly to the owner of the establishment or the waiter. It is prohibited in the country to include dogs in .

For four servings take:

dog meat - 1 kg,

onions - 500 g,

soy sauce - 4 spoons,

vinegar - 2 tablespoons,

pepper, salt, coriander to taste.

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Kya he is prepared mainly from a one-year-old chow-chow dog. In Korea they are bred specifically for this purpose. In some places they do not disdain ordinary mongrels; noble breed dogs are not of interest to Koreans, since it is believed that their meat is tough.

The dog's breast or leg is soaked for at least half an hour, then the water is changed and boiled for another half hour. Then cut into portions, as for shashlik, put in a frying pan and simmer for 15 minutes with vinegar, spices, and onions. Serve kya khe with rice.

Today we will introduce you to traditional Korean cuisine, which has a great variety of recipes, but soups and dishes made from boiled and fried dog meat are especially popular.
On hot summer days, Koreans often order posinthan soup. It is also made from dog meat. Koreans believe that eating dog meat gives strength, energy and improves health.
In the photo you can watch the preparation of a dog meat dish.

1. There were almost 6.5 thousand dog meat suppliers in Korea in the early 2000s. Every year they sold about 8.4 thousand tons of dog meat, which was almost 25 tons per day. (Photo: ChungSung-Jun/GettyImages)

2. About 100 thousand tons of dog meat are consumed annually in South Korea. It comes from both official and unregistered suppliers.

3. Dog meat is in fourth place in consumption in the country after pork, beef and chicken.

4. Conflicts regularly arise between supporters of dog meat consumption and animal rights activists. The first do not understand why it is acceptable to eat beef and pork, but wildly - dog meat. The second claim that eating dog meat is unacceptable.

5. Debates periodically flare up in South Korea, the topic of which is the combination of Korean traditions and Western ethics.

6. One of the stages of preparing a dog meat dish is preparing the vegetables.

7. In 2005, the Korean government prepared a bill prohibiting the cruel slaughter of dogs. However, this document did not abolish the consumption of dog meat. It is known that the bill ordered not to kill dogs in public, not to slaughter dogs by strangulation, but it did not indicate the permitted methods of slaughter.

8. Anyone who violated the animal protection law faced imprisonment in a labor camp for up to six months and a fine of 2 thousand US dollars. In addition, the government is going to tighten sanitary standards at points of sale of dog meat, which would significantly reduce the risk of selling meat from sick, stray dogs. Enterprises selling dog meat will be required to undergo inspections four times a year.

9. The main ingredient in posinthan or gaejangguk soup is dog meat. In Korea, they believe that such a dish increases courage.

10. The soup recipe is quite simple: dog meat is boiled with green onions, perilla leaves, dandelion leaves and spices (doenjang, gochujang and perilla seed powder).

11. Dog dishes have a long history in Korean culture. But are now becoming the subject of controversy and debate due to concerns about animal rights.

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There are many restaurants serving Korean cuisine in Moscow. But none of them openly offers to try the most exotic element of Korean gastronomy - dog dishes. Representatives of Korean restaurants unanimously claim that dog meat is not served in their establishments. At the same time, Moscow Koreans say that finding a traditional dish in the city is not so difficult. To understand the issue, The Village spoke with both.

Restaurant
"Seoul"

Koreans don't eat dogs. They consider it wild there. After the 1988 Seoul Olympics, all restaurants that served dog were closed. Our dogs are prepared only by Koreans who lived in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Sorry, I don't have time to talk to you. My pipe burst.

RESTAURANT
"KRYO"

We do not cook the dog because we assume that this may violate Russian law.

RESTAURANT "KIMCHI"

We don't have dogs - we only have South Korean and Japanese cuisine. Do they eat dogs in Korea? Perhaps, but they definitely don’t eat here.

RESTAURANT "SAMMI"

In Korea now they hardly eat dogs either, so we don’t cook them either. As far as I know, there are no other restaurants either.

RESTAURANT "IRINA"

No, of course we don't have dogs. What are you asking?

Dmitriy

Korean living
in Moscow

I know two restaurants where you can safely order a dog. I won’t name them, but one is near the Shabolovskaya metro station, and the second is near the Prospekt Vernadskogo metro station. There are excellent cooks there - Uzbek Koreans. They know how to cook dogs, and their food is very tasty. This is not the case in South Korean restaurants with chefs from Seoul. They have developed a complex - they want to feel like Westerners, so they stopped eating dogs. Although in South Korea itself there are restaurants with dog meat.

Just a few years ago it was impossible to eat dog in a regular restaurant. Instead, there were secret ones. Someone bought an apartment in a panel house and cooked “for their own people.” It was tasty and cheap, but they only came there to eat. After all, the food is homemade and the atmosphere is appropriate. You can’t invite a girl there for a romantic dinner. Now there are still secret restaurants, but I stopped going there. Now I only eat dogs in normal establishments.

In Korean, dog is "kya". Any dish made from it is “kyashka”. Moscow restaurants mainly serve soup and roast. Soup, “kyadyan”, is an excellent preventive remedy for colds. If you feel like you are getting sick, eat this soup and everything will go away. They also say that during the tuberculosis epidemic in Korea, many people were saved thanks to dog meat soup. Supposedly it helps cope with lung infections.

But in terms of taste, I personally like Korean fried food - “kahae”. If you want to try a dog, it's better to start with him. By the way, Russia has developed its own recipe for preparing this dish. An acquaintance of mine, a veteran of the Korean War, told me that when Kim Il Sung was a partisan in our forests, he became addicted to the Soviet recipe and preferred it until the end of his life.

I've never heard
so that someone got poisoned by dog ​​meat

To be honest, I don’t know where Moscow restaurants get their dogs from. But since you can go there at any time and order a dog, there is probably some kind of assembly line production. The meat quality is good. I have never heard of anyone being poisoned by dog ​​meat.

I don’t know how an ordinary person on the street can convince restaurant employees to serve him a dog. Things can get tense there. Previously, there were cases when people ordered a dog, and then filmed the process of eating it. I would suggest going to a restaurant with someone the restaurant already knows. If you still risk going without an accompanying person, then order “kyakhe”. You can also wink at the waiter or somehow hint at what exactly you want. It is very likely that he will indeed bring you a roast dog, although he will not say a word about it.

Why restaurants are still shy about cooking dogs, I don't know. Probably, Russians are not yet mentally ready to eat “man’s best friend.” Mostly Koreans order such dishes from us. But Kazakhstan is full of restaurants that do not hide the fact that they serve dogs. And there they are eaten mainly by locals or Russians. This is already a feature there.

Valentine

representative of the Korean diaspora in Moscow

Historically, Moscow Koreans live in the southwest of the capital. Accordingly, underground cafes are concentrated there. This is the orange line from Leninsky Prospekt to Yasenevo. The last time I was in such a cafe was about five years ago. But getting there is not so difficult - you just need to find someone who could take you there. I think almost every reader of The Village will need to make a couple of calls.

As a rule, such cafes are opened by people from the Korean diaspora in Central Asia. Their cuisine is different from South Korean, and it is this that makes up the main range of secret cafes. Dog meat takes up only one tenth of the menu. Everything else is traditional soups, salads, carrots, kimchi, offal. There are no problems with the quality of the products, because the cafe works for its own people. But their own people will not go there if they are not sure of the quality of the product.

I don't know where they get the dogs from. But I have no doubt that they are killed in a humane way. The legends that animals are slaughtered with sticks are complete nonsense. However, you cannot be sure that it is the dog that is feeding you. Firstly, dog meat is a delicacy and is expensive. Secondly, the taste is almost no different from beef. For example, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Sometimes in secret cafes
you can meet famous orientalists as well as businessmen and high level politicians

The main visitors to such cafes are Koreans themselves. Occasionally you can meet people of European appearance there. Most likely, they simply lived in Central Asia and have been familiar with this cuisine since childhood. As a rule, there are no strays there. But sometimes in secret cafes you can meet famous orientalists, as well as businessmen and high-level politicians. Recently, a famous journalist asked me to take him to such an establishment.

Typically, secret cafes operate without any problems. The neighbors don't even know what's going on there. Well, guests come often - so what? Even if someone suspects something, it will be difficult to prove anything. There is no official ticket office there. There is just some kind of hat into which guests throw money when leaving. And any number of people can come to you. The main thing is not to make noise. But it’s unlikely that they sing karaoke there around the clock. Besides, no one carries dog carcasses into the cafe. It is cut up in advance, and then only pieces of meat are delivered, which in appearance cannot be distinguished from any other.

Such an apartment can only attract interest due to the increased consumption of electricity and water. But reaching an agreement with municipal officials is usually not difficult.

However, in recent years, secret cafes have increasingly closed for economic reasons. Firstly, more and more normal Korean restaurants are opening. And secondly, the diaspora is updating very slowly - and the format is simply dying out.

Illustration: Nastya Yarovaya

In most Euro-American countries, dogs and cats are considered man's best friend. This explains the purely negative attitude towards the fact that in many Asian and Latin American countries they eat dogs and cats, as well as the active struggle of the French sex symbol of previous years, Brigitte Bardot, and numerous animal defenders for the ban on treating dogs and cats as a source of food.

Ms Bordeaux's new endeavor came to prominence when the animal rights organization she founded called on football fans to avoid attending the World Cup in Seoul unless the consumption of dog meat was banned by law in Korea. And all restaurants that have dog meat dishes on their menu will not be closed.

If in the so-called West her approach did not seem extravagant at all and was and is shared by many, then in other parts of the world, in particular in many Asian countries, it did not meet with understanding. Not only in Korea, but also in large parts of Southern China, including Hong Kong, most countries in Southeast Asia, and some regions of Latin America, dogs and cats are perceived as an affordable source of animal protein.

Brigitte Bardot's initiative had precedents. In 1988, in an effort to make Seoul more attractive to Olympic guests, the South Korean government was already closing restaurants that served dog meat soup - poshintang, literally translated as "a stew that preserves the health of the body."

Ten years later, in 1998, Philippine President Fidel Ramos signed a law banning the killing of dogs and cats for food. Although the enormous popularity of dog meat in the north of the country has called into question the possibility of implementing it. Similar steps have been taken elsewhere. In 1989, two Cambodian refugees living in Southern California were prosecuted for animal cruelty. Specifically for eating a German Shepherd puppy.

However, the judge acquitted them. On the basis that the puppy was killed in accordance with current practice of slaughtering livestock. The verdict did not satisfy animal rights activists, and several months later they were able to push for the passage of a state law making eating dog and cat meat a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to six months in prison and a thousand-dollar fine.

The law was later expanded to cover more than just dogs and cats. And on all animals that Americans traditionally keep as pets. It was probably expected that those charged with enforcing the law would interpret it creatively. Specifically, use it in situations like the one that occurred when members of the 4-H Club sent their prize cows and pigs, which had been raised from birth and treated with great tenderness, to slaughter.

In addition, the law does not prohibit killing and eating rabbits, as well as ornamental fish. Since the former are classified by him as small livestock, and the latter are treated simply as fish, that is, they are not recognized as pets. The negative attitude of most Euro-Americans towards eating dogs and cats is understandable. Dogs are the heroes of many literary works, films and television programs. Including books by Jack London, films "Rin-Tin-Tin", "Lassie" and "Benji", Disney's immortal "101 Dalmatians".

Numerous descriptions of the heroic work of the US Army K-9 units and touching stories of St. Bernards with a barrel of life-saving grog around their necks. Looking for climbers and tourists lost in the Alps and buried under avalanches. Among other things, the dog - originally believed to be an Asiatic wolf domesticated in the Neolithic era - has proven its usefulness to humans through centuries of faithful service. Thanks to agility, excellent hearing and scent, innate hunting instincts and the ability to protect herds.

On the other hand, for a long time and in various regions of the planet, dog meat was perceived, and in some places it is still perceived today, as a desirable food. In China, information about the consumption of dogs and cats as food dates back to the time of Confucius and is contained, in particular, in the treatise on ancient rituals “Liji” (approximately 500 BC), translated in 1885 and containing recipes for delicious dishes from dogs and cats for special ceremonies. One such dish consisted of fried rice and crisp-fried wolf brisket.

The dish was served with dog liver, which was fried over coals and doused with dog fat. During the same period, the emperor, who needed a large number of warriors, encouraged fertility by presenting as a gift to every woman who gave birth to a son what in the literature of that era was called a “juicy puppy.” The Chinese and other Asian residents perceived the meat of dogs and cats as more than just food. It was considered very useful for the yang - the masculine, hot, extroverted component of human nature - as opposed to the feminine, cold, introverted yin. It was believed that this meat warms the blood, and therefore it was most actively consumed during the winter months.

Back in the 4th century BC, the Chinese philosopher Mengzi extolled the pharmaceutical virtues of dog meat, advising its use for liver diseases, malaria and jaundice. It was believed that, along with many other products, dog meat increases male potency. The Chinese also used a kind of “dog wine” as a remedy for fatigue. Later, the Manchu Qin dynasty, which ruled China since the 17th century, banned the consumption of dog and cat meat, declaring the custom barbaric.

In South China, however, they continued to eat it, and the Kuomintang members who opposed Sun Yat-sen began their meetings with the preparation of dog meat, perceiving this act as a symbol of the anti-Manchurian revolution. The code name for this ceremony - “Meat three sixes” - is based on a play on words and is consonant with the word “dog”. Even today in Hong Kong, where killing dogs and eating dog meat has been prohibited since 1950, butchers and buyers use the allegorical phrase “Meat three sixes” when communicating with each other about dog meat.

Since Hong Kong Chinese are also residents of southern China, where dog meat is considered a staple food, law enforcement agencies turn a blind eye to breaking the law. Sanctions for violators (up to six months in prison and a fine of $125) are rarely applied, and therefore few people pay attention to the law. Especially in the winter months, when the demand for this meat is especially high. It is well known that the ancestral home of the American Indians is present-day Mongolia. It is believed that they crossed the Bering Sea, taking dogs with them, after which they settled in the vastness of North America.

When European explorers and settlers arrived in the New World, they counted seventeen varieties of dogs. Many of which were raised specifically for slaughter. However, it is also true that the custom of eating dog meat was not typical for all Indian tribes. Among those who have it
There were Iroquois and some Algonquin tribes in the central and eastern forested regions of the continent, as well as Ute Indians in Utah, who cooked and ate dog meat before performing sacred ritual dances.

As for the Arapaho Indians, the very name of this tribe translates as “dog eaters.” David Comfort, in his First World History of Pets, writes that puppies were most often eaten because their meat was softer: “Puppies were fed on a specially prepared mixture of pemmican and dried fruit. After killing and skinning the animal with a tomahawk, the Indians hung the carcass upside down on a branch and rubbed it with buffalo fat, after which they skewered it.”

Many of the first Europeans followed the local custom - some forcedly, and some willingly. The Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca survived a shipwreck on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and for eight years wandered on foot through the southwest of the North American continent, often eating dog meat. During the time of Christopher Columbus, the only domestic animals in what is now Mexico were turkeys and dogs. According to a 16th-century chronicle, both types of meat were served on the same plate.

Meriwether Lewis, leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition that discovered the American Northwest, wrote in his diary in 1804. “Having become accustomed to eating dog meat for a long time, many of us have become really addicted to it. And overcoming the initial disgust was facilitated by the recognition that, having started to eat this food, we became more nourished and stronger. In a word, we felt better than ever since we left the buffalo country.” In the relatively recent year of 1928, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen ate his sled dogs while trying to reach the North Pole. Although, as you know, he did this not of his own free will, but to survive.

The tradition of eating dog and cat meat existed not only in Asia and North America. For at least a thousand years, Polynesians fattened so-called poi dogs, which were kept on a plant-based diet, primarily poi, the boiled taro root. Dogs were one of the "meat" animals, along with pigs, brought on primitive sailing ships to the islands known today as Hawaii from Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands. At the beginning of the 19th century in Hawaii, on major holidays with the participation of local monarchs and often sailors from England and the United States, from 200 to 400 dogs were slaughtered for just one meal.

In 1870, a cookbook was published in France containing recipes for dozens of dishes made from dog and cat meat. However, on the other side of the English Channel, as a rule, everything that the French had a weakness for was rejected. Today, dog and cat meat remains popular in southern China, Hong Kong, parts of Japan, Korea, much of Southeast Asia, and to a lesser extent Mexico and Central and South America. Sometimes this creates problems. For a number of years, the organizers of the world's most famous dog show, held in England, willingly accepted sponsorship from the Korean electronics industry giant, Samsung.

This continued until the International Foundation for the Humane Treatment of Animals protested in 1995 on the grounds that up to two million dogs were destroyed each year for the Korean food industry.

Eating dog meat.

You should eat dog meat with caution. If a dog has not been fed properly, its meat may turn out to be stringy and even harmful. Today, in some Asian countries, measures are being taken not only to regulate the volume of slaughter and tighten sanitary supervision, but also to identify places where dog meat dishes are offered, since sometimes, instead of dog meat, customers are served something completely different. In Korea in 2003, between four and six thousand restaurants offered dog meat dishes to their customers.

Rich soups cost about $10 for a medium bowl, potted meat ($16 per serving) and steamed meat and rice ($25). In principle, as in other places, it is illegal to sell cooked dog meat here, and restaurateurs did so at the risk of being left without a license. Meanwhile, in 1997, an appeals court in Seoul acquitted a dog meat wholesaler, qualifying the consumption of dog meat as a socially acceptable act.

The situation is the same in Hanoi, where in Nhat Tan Garden, on the northern outskirts of the city, near the Red River, most of the restaurants are “dog food”. And the village of Kaoha, located 40 kilometers to the south, lives by supplying them with dog meat. These restaurants have at least a dozen specialty dishes on their menus, including steamed meat, seasoned minced meat, leaf-wrapped meat, and fried intestines, ribs, and legs. Using wine, a unique sour dog curry is prepared and served with noodles. The most expensive dish on offer is dog meat soup with bamboo shoots. It is customary to eat it only in the second half of the lunar month. It is believed that during this period, it promotes health, tones the body, including strengthening male potency, and in addition, wards off misfortune.

Eating cat meat.

The history of human consumption of cat meat is not so long. At least such evidence is sparse, and although cat meat continues to appear on the dinner table of peoples inhabiting territories from South America to Asia, its consumption remains relatively low. An explanation can be the fact that over the centuries, the human perception of a cat has changed in the most dramatic way. From cultic veneration to demonization and back.

But wherever this pendulum moved, the cat, with its soothing purr and sharp claws, looked less attractive on a spit and in a boiling cauldron than its larger relatives - pumas, panthers, leopards, tigers and lions. It is clear that there were many cases when a domestic cat was eaten by a person for the sake of food, just as Amundsen ate his sled dogs in the last century. In 1975, British correspondent John Swain was held hostage at the French embassy in Phnom Penh after the Khmer Rouge captured the Cambodian capital.

“There was no end in sight to our stay as internees, and food shortages were becoming increasingly severe,” he writes in his book “River of Time” (1996). Reluctantly, the Corsican adventurer Jean Menta and a mercenary named Borella, who tried to stay in the shadows so as not to be recognized, strangled and skinned the embassy cat. The poor animal struggled desperately for life, and both men were brutally scratched. Not everyone decided to try curry cat. The meat turned out to be tender, like chicken.”

In 1996, several cats were skinned and roasted in Argentina under the light of media jupiters, causing outrage across the country and attracting the attention of legislators. The press and politicians wondered: Are people really so poor that they are forced to eat domestic animals? The answer, naturally, was positive. That same year, in Australia, Member of Parliament Richard Evans recommended that the public do everything possible to reduce by 2020 the number of stray and domestic dogs and cats, which was estimated at 18 million and was believed to kill up to 3 million birds and other animals each year.

John Wamsley, managing director of Earth Sanctuaries, went further, urging people to catch and eat stray dogs and cats, and advising, in particular, to appreciate the taste of stewed cat tails. The public and press were indignant. The cat does not always end up in the pan out of necessity. In 1996, Mr. Wu Lianguang, owner of Guang's Dog and Cat restaurant in the southern Chinese city of Jiangmen, specializing in cat and dog meat, told reporters. “Things are going as well as possible. The richer the Chinese become, the more concerned they become about their own health. And then there is nothing better than cat meat.”

In the 1990s, in the northern provinces of Vietnam, in addition to dog meat, cat meat also appeared on the menu of many restaurants, which is considered an effective remedy for asthma in this area. They also believe that a dish of four cat gall bladders marinated in rice wine helps to induce or enhance sexual desire. Cat meat was served raw, marinated, fried on a grill, and also stewed in “snack” pieces with vegetables in a Mongolian cauldron.

According to a report by Agence France Presse, about a dozen specialized "cat restaurants" have opened in one area of ​​Hanoi alone, each of which eats up to 1,800 cats annually. The average price per dish in just two years has increased from 3.5 to 11 dollars. Cat meat, which is generally not as fatty as dog meat, was popular among Hanoi gourmets until 1997, when the government banned the business. Cause? Official data indicated a decline in the country's cat population, while the rat population was growing at an alarming rate. Rodents destroyed up to a third of the grain produced inareas adjacent to the capital.

The restaurateurs were blamed for the current situation.That same year, on the other side of the world, in the Peruvian capital of Lima, animal lovers at the last minute convinced the authorities to cancel a demonstration of cat meat dishes that was supposed to take place as part of a holiday in honor of the local patron saint. Organizers of the traditional annual exhibition are sad to announce that the event in the southern coastal town of Canete will not take place this time. Nevertheless, dog and cat meat is still considered a delicacy in the country. Dishes from it are on the menus of local restaurants, although this is not advertised.

Recipes for dogs and cats.

Dog meat fried in oil with coconut milk.

- 450 g dog tenderloin, cut into pieces.
- 1 medium-sized onion, thinly sliced.
- 2 small green chilies, seeded and chopped 4-6 mushrooms, sliced.
- 1 cup coconut milk.
- 5 tbsp. spoons of peanut butter.
- 2 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce.
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons chopped fresh ginger root.
- 1 teaspoon of ground cumin seeds.
- 1 teaspoon of corn flour mixed with water to a paste consistency.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
— Fresh mint leaves.

Heat the oil in a wok or regular frying pan and fry the meat in it until lightly browned. Add coconut milk and soy sauce and cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring. Add onions, chilies, mushrooms and seasonings. Continue cooking, stirring constantly. When the mixture starts to bubble, stir in the corn paste. Garnish the dish with mint leaves and serve with rice.

Dog meat in sweet and sour sauce.

- 450 g dog meat, cut into thin strips 5 cm long.
- 1 yellow or red pepper, seeded and cut into pieces.
- 4 onions, diced.
- 1 tbsp. spoon of ketchup.
- 2 teaspoons of vinegar.
- 3 tbsp. spoons of red wine.
- 1 tbsp. spoon of corn flour.
- 3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil.
- Salt pepper.
- 4 tbsp. spoons of sugar.
- 1 tbsp. spoon of soy sauce.
- 4 glasses of water.
— Oil for frying.

Batter:

- 2 beaten egg yolks.
- 2 tbsp. spoons of flour.
- 2 tbsp. spoons of water.

Drizzle half of the red wine over the meat. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper, then add ketchup, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, remaining wine, cornflour and 1 teaspoon salt. Prepare a dough from eggs, flour and water. Heat the deep-frying oil in a wok or regular frying pan to 175 degrees. Dip the meat into the batter and fry until crispy. Remove meat from pan and keep warm. Clean the frying pan, heat the vegetable oil in it, add the peppers and onions and fry for 1-2 minutes. Then add the previously prepared mixture and, stirring, let it thicken. Dip the meat into the resulting sauce. Serve hot with rice.

Cat stew.

- 900 g cat meat, thinly sliced ​​across the grain.
- 700 g potatoes, boiled and cut into cubes.
- 2 large chopped onions.
- 2 large carrots, cut into 1 cm thick slices.
- 2 chopped leeks.
- 2 chopped celery sprigs.
- 2 finely chopped cloves of garlic.
- 1.5 glasses of red wine.
- Flour.
- Butter.
— One pinch each of rosemary, oregano and paprika.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
— Parsley or coriander, finely chopped.

Skin the cat and remove the ribs, using only the back. Trim the fat from the loin and slice the meat thinly. Dip the pieces in flour and fry in a frying pan until lightly browned. Boil the potatoes, simmer other vegetables in butter until half cooked. Place the meat in a pot, pour in the wine and simmer for an hour until the gravy turns brown. Add vegetables to the pot and cook for another 8-10 minutes. Serve with polenta, a traditional northern Italian cornmeal porridge that can be replaced with mashed corn.