August 27, 2005
Stewed dog, wedding style
On a search for traditional wedding dishes, I stumbled across this horrific Filipino one: Stewed Dog, Wedding Style. The author notes:
During my wedding reception, my brother-in-law suggested we add to the feast by having dog stew. Wanting to be part of the family, and having been subjected to all sorts of socials tests already, I agreed. The result was... well... a lot better than I expected. In fact, it was great!
It was only later I found out that dog should *not* be served at weddings, as it may make the bride and groom fight like dogs during the honeymoon.
For the faint of heart, you can always substitute lamb in place of next door's Rover, but the meat will not be as sweet or as rich in flavor.
Note: like most Filipinos, we at Puptastic absolutely do NOT, NOT, NOT endorse the eating of dogs. But some of us might secretly be of the opinion that it would be adorably macabre to dress up our pups in little wedding outfits and serve them a bowl of stewed lamb, dog wedding style.
(Dog wedding costume available from: The Puppy Shop)
posted by miranda at 07:32 PM
July 07, 2005
just say yes, i mean no
The L.A. Times ran an alarming article yesterday: When it's pot versus pet, there's a bad trip in store. It led with this description of a dog who'd eaten "marijuana cookies":
He sat trembling, his front legs stuck out at an awkward angle, his dilated eyes fixed on a distant point. A check of the heart revealed a coma-like 32 beats per minute, far below normal.
And the Pet Professor corroborates: marijuana is poisonous to dogs. However, the folks on Ask MeFi tell a very different story:
I have seen a small dog eat a good ounce and a half of weed and butter mixture. It was unconscious for a ten hours or so and then recovered to normal. It was a old dog too. . . .
He came out fine. The cool part was he was not a insanely nervous, yappy dog for the first time in his life.
And of course, with a grain of salt:
I feed my chihuahua cigarette butts, bourbon, and angel-dust and he's fine.
So, I have no idea. Is scaremongering keeping us from the long-lost remedy for neurotic pup behavior? Or are the people of Ask MeFi guilty of reckless pup endangerment?
Either way, how could you say "just say no" to this cutie? (thanks Jim Flanagan).
Supermodel
Originally uploaded by Angela Martini.
posted by miranda at 09:27 PM