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[Goanet] The furore over consuming dog's meat *Arnold Noronha* aan62 at

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*Sat Sep 30 22:27:52 PDT 2006*

 

 

So what's all the big hullabaloo about canine cuisine?

 

The apparent fastidious discernment about what we Goans eat is utterly

perplexing. I remember enjoying delicious hot " waghot " curry in India. If my

shamefully limited Konkani vocabulary is recalled accurately, " waghot " means

bat (or flying fox, euphemistically). This Goan delicacy was eagerly sought

from night hunters who used shotguns with buckshot or airguns to bag their

prey. When preparing this exquisite Goan recipe dish one had to be

meticulous about carving out the entrails carefully or the sparse meat

would get irretrievably spoilt. Now mind you this gourmet fare was rumored

to be served at middle class dinner tables with pride and joy to entertain

special guests. I kid you not!!!.

 

So if we notoriously carnivorous Goans do graduate(or degenerate) to

relishing dog meat down the road it should not

surprise anyone at all. While getting inured to the litany of Goa's

problems, all the bellyaching about the menace of aggressive strays

loitering around the streets of Goa brazenly takes the cake. Ergo, it's

logical to think seriously of culling the dog population in Goa drastically.

 

Propelling a proposed organized move to dispose of these mongrels is the

stream of reports that they frequently growl at and bite our peaceful,

law-abiding God-fearing (and Atheists too ) Goan citizens without

provocation. This outrageous canine appetite for Goan flesh is absolutely

unacceptable and needs to be curbed forthwith. Fie upon you bleeding heart

liberals; the death penalty must be reinstated at least for errant dogs.

Let's have neither lassitude nor lugubriously lament departed " Lassie " !!!.

 

Now let's also consider the commercial potential of this plethora of the dog

population in Goa. Setting up abattoirs to handle dog slaughter could

relieve Goa's purportedly high unemployment problem.

 

This abundant blessing in disguise could also be a gold mine for our

exports especially to China. We already have a thriving export market for

chickens and frog legs, so why not dogs too?

 

Our offer to supply the Red Dragon prime cuts of dog meat will bring

precious goodwill, promote international amity, and most importantly, earn

valuable foreign exchange. Mind you, 2006 is the Year of the Dog in China

and should be propitious for Goa and India too. The insatiable demand for

dog meat cannot be easily satisfied. The Chinese have epicurean restaurants

specializing in dog meat dishes and would welcome our slaking their eager

appetites for this prize flesh. To boot, it's an opportune time to revive

" Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai " as long as our Yellow race North-eastern neighbours

don't cross the McMahon line again without official invitation.

 

With a burning question I begin this prologue

 

Why is it so ghastly to eat the flesh of the dog?

Does this hitherto exotic diet make one a golliwog?

Goans love to dine on chicken, beef, bat and frog

Conceding between dog and pig, there's no analogue

Of course nothing compares to sorpatel from hog

Called " dukor " affectionately in our native brogue

In days gone by it provided yeoman service in our bogs

Alas, roving canines now our streets menace and clog

Roaming freely in any weather, rain, shine, and fog

With impunity the public they chase and bite agog

Let's pray in church, temple, mosque and synagogue

That many Goans don't end up the gloomy morgue

So the time is ripe these tail wagging canines to flog

Now I end this anti-dog verse with a grim epilogue

Expressed in royal Konkani for them we have no " mogh "

Curb them with carnage, no mourning with black togs

If we Goans want to freely walk, stagger, run and jog

Can we afford to let our beloved land go to the dogs?

 

Cheers

Arnold

 

 

 

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