Steven Rinella
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Podcast Appearances
And I'm like, man, I feel bad for that possum.
And they're like, nah.
just keep walking so it's like monkeys cool possums no one's gonna eat that damn what's the craziest thing you've eaten uh i think that like eating monkey meat and then and then um years ago i did a story i i went to i was mentioned to you um even though i promised not to do this from like earlier i was telling you
But earlier, I mentioned having an opportunity.
We were talking about Vietnam vets, and I mentioned having an opportunity to go to Vietnam years ago.
I did a magazine story when I was doing magazine articles.
I did a magazine feature on Thit Cho, which is like meat dog in Vietnam.
And it's in the north of Vietnam around the Lunar New Year, so TAT.
is like an auspicious time to eat dog meat in the North.
And so I did a story about that, like eating dog meat, the mythology of eating dog meat, the business of dog meat in Vietnam, how it's raised, how it's sourced, how it's served.
And went and ate for about a week and was never able to enjoy a bite of it, man.
It would give like, it would give a hot, they would call it a hot food.
Like it was, it's a charged food.
They would call it hot.
Meaning it's like a potent food.
But I would get hot, like hot flushes of guilt, dude.
Like I'd get like a sweaty guiltiness.
Eating that dog.
There's a common thing they would serve where you'd go into these places that would open.