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Wow, sounds like I'm being the "spoiler" here.

Sorry, Onedaylingers and Grocery Ninja, I misread the "skewered."

And lorelei76, I don't think I was showing disrespect to the culture - at least not my version of disrespect. I was critiquing what I felt was Grocery Ninja's flipness about what is (possibly) a cruel tradition and that I wished she had either debunked (that it was indeed cruel to the animal) or simply addressed it differently.

I say the same things to my French friends when they talk about how much tastier it is to feed geese until their stomachs literally burst and they die. (I also note that according to one gastronome friend, the French "food culture" has changed in our generation, and that geese are still overfed, but more pleasantly so. And apparently geese naturally overeat to some extent, which makes this a much less cruel approach, albeit slightly less tasty.)

So any comments on the mayor of Seoul's attempt to reclassify dogs as "livestock" so it can be normally served as a "traditional delicacy" in restaurants? Or should I leave that for another forum...which I guess I will avoid seriouseats forums in the future so as not to offend.

(BTW - Stiv61, I do not, sadly have that AmEx Gold or I would be funding any organization lobbying against the dog reclassification in Seoul.

If we all love food, we should be conscious about it and able to talk about it in context - if I feel someone is sexist in the locker room, I'll say it. But I'll be nicer about it if they don't mean to be.

This post is really not cool with me. I don't care how tasty a food is, "skewering" something while it's alive and basically allowing salt to seep in is one of the crueller means of death - and there are a few out there still, but people are trying to do something about them. A chef like Jamie Kennedy goes to great lengths to have us think about matters like that, and you glibly toss it in as a clever opener. I think it's irresponsible of you to have written about it the way you have, and not done a little research about the matter first to find out how much pain is actually experienced.

Mine. With jalapenos, cheddar and corn. But looking to expand my repertoire.

chop up garlic and basil and freeze it in olive oil in and ice cube tray. it's ready for pasta sauces or to add flavour to tomatoes, just about anything.

chocolate!