Certain People from Countries Like China, Korea, and Vietnam Eat Dogs. Why?

It’s both cultural and personal.

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In Portugal it’s culturally acceptable to eat horsemeat and snails just as in France: escargot. I (a Portuguese) would never eat horsemeat (or dogmeat for that matter) -- my personal attitude. Most Brazilians or Americans wouldn’t ever be caught eating snails -- I think them delicious, when seasoned and cooked right, accompanied with a fine cold beer.

French love frog legs (cuisses de grenouilles) and they are also a treat of Cantonese cuisine. Most Portuguese (not to speak of most Brazilian or most Americans) would run away (cultural norm) -- not me (personal taste: they‘re exquisite).

Most Europeans/Americans would never eat some dishes from Thai cuisine like deep-fried insects up north. That’s cultural. To me, most are not much different from seasoned deep-fried prawns. That’s my personal take.

Like any Christian acculturated boy I occasionally eat pork, unlike Jews or Muslims. Any Brazilian (or American or European) loves cattle “churrasco” (barbeque). I wonder what an Hindu might think of that (cultural/religious).

Just like Japan, Portugal is a fishermen’s country, so we also love squid and octopus. Most Europeans take a lukewarm approach, most Brazilians would puke. I’ve seen Americans enjoying it, but they are a minority -- personal choice?

One has to be tolerant to live in this world.