that seems like a horrible thing to do to a poor shrimp
They're basically in a coma. It's said they don't feel anything. Probably a kinder death than being boiled alive.
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I've eaten crocodile, goat, frog, emu, and kangaroo as well. I don't really feel that they're particularly exotic.
I have no qualms with eating dog beyond the way they are raised and butchered in South Korea. It's a brutal process based around the foolish notion that 'if the dog died scared, it is better for a man's stamina'.
They beat them to death with sticks while strung up by their legs. Had I known this before I'd agree to try dog, it would have been a deal breaker.