{"id":22,"date":"2008-10-22T18:22:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T22:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=22"},"modified":"2008-10-22T18:22:14","modified_gmt":"2008-10-22T22:22:14","slug":"boshintang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/boshintang\/","title":{"rendered":"Boshintang (\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5<\/strong>)?\u00a0 For those of you who have\u00a0a weak stomach, read at your own risk&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5<\/strong>)\u00a0is a Korean stew that is infamous for its primary ingredient.\u00a0 Can you guess what it is?\u00a0 I&#8217;ll give you a hint.\u00a0 It&#8217;s man&#8217;s best friend,\u00a0but it&#8217;s not the horse.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t guessed it already the main ingredient in\u00a0boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5) <\/strong>comes from a particular breed of dog called <strong>\ub178\ub780\uac1c<\/strong> or noranke (yellow dog).\u00a0 These dogs are specifically raised for human consumption and killed for their meat.<\/p>\n<p>Before I go any further I should mention that it is actually illegal to kill any dogs for human consumption in South Korea.\u00a0 The law banning boshintang has been in effect since 1986.\u00a0 Therefore, restaurants that serve boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>\u00a0usually do so illegally and secretively.\u00a0 Since boshintang is illegal, many of these restaurants do not have formal health and safety inspections to inspect the food.\u00a0 If you ever decide that you want to try boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>, you do so at your own risk.<\/p>\n<p>I personally have not tried boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>, but people I&#8217;ve talked to say it tates like roast beef, except much softer.\u00a0 I think it should also be noted that only a minority of the South Korean population consume boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Many South Koreans abhor the idea of a dog being served as food.\u00a0 One of the things that I stress about when I teach my students about Korea, is that they need to be open minded about learning new cultures.\u00a0 This doesn&#8217;t mean that I am recommending that everyone try boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>; rather I want people to understand that from a different perspective, it&#8217;s all relative.\u00a0 For example, Hindus and Jainists would be repulsed by the American consumption of beef; for Hindus and Jainists believe that cows are sacred.\u00a0 Additionally, if you&#8217;re thinking that the consumption of dog meat is only carried out in Korea, I would disagree because Western countries such as France and Sweden have been known to consume dogs as well.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I want to emphasize that boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>\u00a0is not a typical meal in South Korea.\u00a0 You will have to search hard to find places that serve this particular dish.\u00a0 There are also a lot of ingredients that go into making boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>; including red peppers, onions, garlic, soy sauce, and sesame seed.\u00a0 Naturally, boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)<\/strong>\u00a0does not come cheap.\u00a0 Reportedly a small bowl may cost $10 on\u00a0up in U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n<p>If the thought of boshintang (<strong>\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5) <\/strong>creeps you out, don&#8217;t worry, there are plenty of other options available that don&#8217;t include dog meat.\u00a0 In the future, expect some post on other meat options. Until then, <strong>\uc548\ub155<\/strong> or annyung (bye- informal).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is boshintang (\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)?\u00a0 For those of you who have\u00a0a weak stomach, read at your own risk&#8230;\u00a0 Boshintang (\ubcf4\uc2e0\ud0d5)\u00a0is a Korean stew that is infamous for its primary ingredient.\u00a0 Can you guess what it is?\u00a0 I&#8217;ll give you a hint.\u00a0 It&#8217;s man&#8217;s best friend,\u00a0but it&#8217;s not the horse.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t guessed it already the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/boshintang\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2902,70],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dog-meat","tag-food"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}