North Korea touts dog soup and other home-cooked recipes to beat the heat

[R13...]

Dog meat soup and bubbling ginseng broths are being proffered by North Korea's leadership as home remedies to take the edge off a spell of searing weather.

A doctor cited by the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper suggested during Sunday's record heat that dog soup would be "beneficial for nutritional supplementation".

And on Wednesday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) proposed a menu of Samgye-tang: a broth soaking chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, dates and stamina-boosting ginseng.

North Korea touts dog soup and other home-cooked recipes to beat the heat

In response to a record-hot summer, North Korea's leadership suggests home-cooked remedies like dog soup and ginseng broths. As the Korean peninsula swelters, this unusual culinary advice reveals both cultural nuances and stark realities beneath the surface of political tensions.

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[R13...]

I think I'll go for the stamina boosting chicken with ginseng myself.

 

[Binary_Bark]

So this is why there are so few pets around when Korean neighbours moved in?

"North Koreans are likely suffering more from the heat than South Koreans because they lack the infrastructure that South Korea has," she told AFP.

More than 40% of the population of 26 million suffer malnutrition, struggling to feed themselves, according to the World Food Programme.

Well, if you have nothing else to eat....

 

[itareanlnotani]

Didn't really enjoy the food in North Korea.

Interesting place nonetheless. I have photos if people are interested.

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Photos of my holiday to Best Korea - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheedl/albums/72157622300799709/

 

[ShaunSA]

Does it really taste like chicken?

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Didn't really enjoy the food in North Korea.

Interesting place nonetheless. I have photos if people are interested.

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Photos of my holiday to Best Korea - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheedl/albums/72157622300799709/

Sho. You came back in one piece to tell the tale. Wow

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Sho. You came back in one piece to tell the tale. Wow

id have though you came back in a coma, North korea is no joke,
look at the last american tourist and what his time was like.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

The inevitable end point of Communism.

 

[saor]

Does it really taste like chicken?

You're barking up the wrong tree.

 

[itareanlnotani]

id have though you came back in a coma, North korea is no joke,
look at the last american tourist and what his time was like.

As long as you don't steal posters, all good.

I paid for mine!

 

[upup]

The spca, their ears must be paining now, or is someone going to export

 

[Agent_Smith]

Collie-flower soup?

 

[My_King]

No stereotypes were harmed in this article?

 

[wbot]

Didn't really enjoy the food in North Korea.

Interesting place nonetheless. I have photos if people are interested.

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Photos of my holiday to Best Korea - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheedl/albums/72157622300799709/

 

[Jam Sandwich]

Let them cook slowly.....