Does Filipinos eat dog?
Many Filipinos eat dogs, but not on a regular basis. I tried it a couple of times or more and it tasted like pork and beef combined. However, I can’t bear to imagine eating our own family dog. Most dogs eaten here are stray ones. Certainly enough, Filipinos do not eat dogs or other exotic food (they never eat cats though) because of starvation. Dogs are usually eaten during alcohol drinking sessions in the rural areas and definitely not during regular meals. Some believe that it gives them a peculiar kind of energy, strength, or feeling. It is categorized chiefly as an exotic dish, similar to drinking fresh snake blood or eating live worms or monkey brain in other countries. It is a part of the Filipino culture to taste exotic food once in a while. It makes them proud to tell others that they have tasted frogs, salamanders, duck embryos, chicken intestines, pig blood, snakes, crickets, dogs, fruit bats, goat meat, cow brain and many other exotic dishes. The most important thing to take
