Technobarbarian wrote:
On Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 11:12:46 AM UTC-8, Frank Howell wrote:
I wonder if they still eat horses?
https://tinyurl.com/bdd49avz
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Frank Howell
Except for Jeju island horse meat is not a common dish in South Korea.
"Horse farming on Jeju started in 1276 when Yuan Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, occupied the island and brought with him some 160 horses by ship. The horses were put to pasture around the eastern village of Susan. It was a big success.
The Mongolians then built and operated massive ranches for their military horses and ever since then Jeju has been Korea’s largest horse supplier. There is even a Jeju saying: “Send a horse to Jeju, and send a man to Hanyang [Seoul],â€
meaning that the island’s weather and environment are ideal for raising horses, and its people have outstanding skills breeding them.
Horse meat consumption culture from Mongolia
Historically, Jeju people respected the horse for its many uses. They were used for food, transportation and communication, during wars, and for commerce. To the people of Jeju, its skin, fat, milk, bones, hair, urine, and feces were put to use,
whether as food or for military or medicinal applications. But before the Mongolian invasion, Jeju citizens used horses only for transportation. Then, the citizens of Jeju noticed that the Mongolians slaughtered and ate the weak and older horses and from
then on, eating horse meat spread throughout the island."
https://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html%3Fidxno=2453
The professor includes some handy recipes. In North Korea Dear Leader is said to be very fond of roast donkey.The South Koreans also consume a small, but significant number of cats and ringed seals. Beondegi is said to be a popular street food
in South Korea.
"In Korea, cat meat was historically brewed into a tonic as a folk remedy for neuralgia and arthritis, not commonly as food. Modern consumption is seen and more likely to be in the form of cat soup, though the number of people who consume cat soup is
considered minimal, compared to a relatively popular dog meat.[21][22] Julien Dugnoille wrote in The Conversation that cat meat is mostly consumed by middle-aged working-class women for perceived health benefits, and that usually 10 cats are needed to
produce a small bottle of cat, or goyangi, soju (an alcoholic elixir thought to keep arthritis at bay for a few weeks at a time).[23] According to In Defense of Animals, 100,000 cats are killed yearly to make cat soju in South Korea. Cats are not farmed
for their meat in the country, so the trade involves ferals and strays. Nonetheless, the trade is mostly done underground, and the great majority of the population is not even aware that cat consumption is common in the country. Moreover, eating cat meat
is highly stigmatized throughout the country, unlike eating dog meat, which is often criticized but not universally stigmatized.[24]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat
Beondegi
In South Korean markets, steamed silkworm pupae make a juicy, nutty snack.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/beondegi-silkworm-pupae-korea
Seems like a frivolous waste of potential future silk.
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