Nothing shocks me anymore when I hear of animals we here consider pets being eaten. When I first came to the U.S., I was shocked at people's questions about Filipinos eating dog. That's considered something the lower classes ate. My family was more upper middle, and I was never exposed to that.
So I was offended and I would get defensive....little did I know, there are dog eaters! I visited there before I got married, and was talking to my uncle's driver, who was explaining how mutts are more tasty than pure breeds :shock:
But since one of my uncles gave him a puppy from a litter their dogs had, he raised it, and hasn't been able to eat dog since then. But he'll often tell the dog in as a sick joke "Hey, you better be good today, or I'll eat you!" The dog went missing one day. He's convinced his neighbors ate him cuz they've been eyeing him a long time.
Nice way to muck up a fish thread :)