My grandmother loved dog-meat stew. I remember her enjoying takeaway dog meat as a birthday treat, and asking me to have it with her -- I didn't like its unique flavor. To older South Koreans, dog meat is tender and mild. But to many young people, it is a taste of the past.
It was not just my grandma who liked canine cuisine. When I was a teenager, members of my local church ate dog-meat stew together after Sunday service, as a special treat arranged by a member of the congregation, and some -- mainly older -- people still eat it, boiled or as a stew made with soybean paste, chives and green onions.
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