A Chinese chef prepares to carve a carca

BEIJING, CHINA: A Chinese chef prepares to carve a carcass of a dog at a restaurant kitchen in Beijing, 21 February 2001. It is becoming increasingly common in China to breed St. Bernard dogs, not to help travelers who have lost their way in the mountains -- but for the dinner table. Eating "man's best friend" or other small animals and insects in Asia is not considered all that extraordinary. There are a number of these foods which in some cases have become delicacies which date back many years and have now almost become traditional eating being prepared and cooked in many different ways using herbs, spices, ginger and garlic to enhance flavours. Some restaurants even have dishes of some animals as their main drawcard and is considered a normal cuisine. The Japanese love their whale meat and pufferfish, Cambodians are known to eat tarantulas-hairy spiders, while a number of other cultures incourage the eating of rats, snakes, bugs, beetles, monkeys (brains), crocodile, bats, scorpions, honey ants, grubs, embroyo eggs and many more. AFP PHOTO/GOH Chai Hin (Photo credit should read GOH CHAI HIN/AFP via Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA: A Chinese chef prepares to carve a carcass of a dog at a restaurant kitchen in Beijing, 21 February 2001. It is becoming increasingly common in China to breed St. Bernard dogs, not to help travelers who have lost their way in the mountains -- but for the dinner table. Eating "man's best friend" or other small animals and insects in Asia is not considered all that extraordinary. There are a number of these foods which in some cases have become delicacies which date back many years and have now almost become traditional eating being prepared and cooked in many different ways using herbs, spices, ginger and garlic to enhance flavours. Some restaurants even have dishes of some animals as their main drawcard and is considered a normal cuisine. The Japanese love their whale meat and pufferfish, Cambodians are known to eat tarantulas-hairy spiders, while a number of other cultures incourage the eating of rats, snakes, bugs, beetles, monkeys (brains), crocodile, bats, scorpions, honey ants, grubs, embroyo eggs and many more. AFP PHOTO/GOH Chai Hin (Photo credit should read GOH CHAI HIN/AFP via Getty Images)
A Chinese chef prepares to carve a carca
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