Study finds oldest known domesticated dog in Americas — and it was apparently tasty, too

[azurnoir]

Nearly 10,000 years ago, man's best friend provided protection and companionship — and an occasional meal.

That's what researchers are saying after finding a bone fragment from what they are calling the earliest confirmed domesticated dog in the Americas.

University of Maine graduate student Samuel Belknap III came across the fragment while analyzing a dried-out sample of human waste unearthed in southwest Texas in the 1970s. A carbon-dating test put the age of the bone at 9,400 years, and a DNA analysis confirmed it came from a dog — not a wolf, coyote or fox, Belknap said

Because it was found deep inside a pile of human excrement and was the characteristic orange-brown color that bone turns when it has passed through the digestive tract, the fragment provides the earliest direct evidence that dogs — besides being used for company, security and hunting — were eaten by humans and may even have been bred as a food source, he said.

http://www.startribune.com/nation/114198489.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUvckD8EQDUZ

[Poll_Blind]

1. The original "Man bites Dog" story!

PB

[thereismore]

2. There is a breed of dog in Mexico bred for meet. Dogs are being eaten all over the

world. China, for example. If I were hungry, I would eat a dog no problem. Or a rat.

[azurnoir]

3. Dog has is eaten in Asia commonly I have seen

dog meat in Asian grocery stores here, stamped USDA.
Now as far as eating Dog I have not maybe if starving but that is mostly societal training, I have read it tastes like Mutton or goat, which I do not much like. Rats however .............


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[formercia]

5. 50 ways to Wok your Dog.

Rats make good pets too.

[azurnoir]

7. Hot Diggety Dog! Stew Classic Recipe

• 3kgDog meat
• 1 1/2 cup Vinegar
• 60 Peppercorns, crushed
• 6 tbl Salt
• 12 Cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup Cooking oil
• 6 cup Onion, sliced
• 3 cup Tomato sauce
• 10 cup Boiling water
• 6 cups Red pepper, cut into strips
• 6 piecebay leaf
• 1 tspTabasco sauce
• 1 1/2 cups Liver spread, ** see note
• 1whole fresh pineapple, cut 1/2 inch thick
Directions
1. Cut meat into 1" cubes. Marinade meat in mixture of vinegar, peppercorn, salt and garlic for 2 hours.
2. Fry meat in oil using a large wok over an open fire, then add onions and chopped pineapple and suate until tender.
3. Pour in tomato sauce and boiling water, add green peper, bay leaf and tobasco.
4. Cover and simmer over warm coals until meat is tender. Blend in liver spread and cook for additional 5-7 minutes.
* you can substiture lamb for dog. The taste is similar, but not as pungent.
** smooth liver pate will do as well.
Suggested Wine: San Miguel Beer
Serving Ideas : Rice, naturally.
NOTES :For the faint of heart, you can always substitute lamb in place of next door's rover, but the meat will not be as sweet or as rich in flavor.

http://asiarecipe.com/phimain.html#doggy

seriously though if you like Asian food this is a really good site

http://asiarecipe.com/

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Deprssion era source of meat was known as "porch rabbit"

(cats)

I am interested in exactly how big a "piece of bone" that someone managed to not only swallow but to pass thru their system.

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Doesn't the bone suggest desperation?

People don't generally eat the bones.

[formercia]

8. Perhaps they were sucking Marrow from the bones

after cracking them and a bit of bone was ingested in the process.

[Posteritatis]

10. People generally don't eat a lot of things these days

There's a lot of food in bone marrow, even if you have to work a bit to get at it.

[enuegii]

9. I've heard that dog goes well with lark's tongue in aspic. n/t