Is it common to eat cats and birds in Vietnam?

[Dan_P 5]

Well, my friend told me that it is the year of the cat, so i should get a cat this year. I told my wife this and she said that if I got a cat, that she would ăn thịt con mèo, and not only that, but that she would ăn thịt con chim so that I couldn't chơi với con mèo.

[Anh map 2,098]

Depends on how desperate you are. Dog is common. Fortunately not in Linh's family.

[tcTTct 37]

Birds yes. Cats no. Dogs are common in the north, in the south it's only occasionally eaten by the guys who "nhau".

I think your wife just doesn't want any pets and just wanted to make sure you don't bring one home LOL.

A restaurant in Saigon got busted recently for stocking several hundred cats, but not because it's illegal to eat cats. They got busted because they specialize in fox meat and were subsituting cat meat and charging fox money. They got busted for fraud.

[ScottThuy 140]

next to my BIL's house.. both sides...

[ScottThuy 140]

Whole fried chim... last week...

[quann 26]

that's chim cut? very common to eat, even here in america....quails.

OP's wife may be talking in double entendre. meo=gf, chim=jim

edit: is there something in the profile if i can see a person is white or viet? that would make a big difference for me contextually when reading these posts

Edited July 21, 2011 by quann

[tcTTct 37]

I think quan hit it on the head.

Chim = #######

Meo = prostitute

Classic double entendre

[Anh map 2,098]

I think quan hit it on the head.

Chim = #######

Meo = prostitute

Classic double entendre

I was only having the purest of thoughts.

[ScottThuy 140]

that's chim cut? very common to eat, even here in america....quails.

OP's wife may be talking in double entendre. meo=gf, chim=jim

edit: is there something in the profile if i can see a person is white or viet? that would make a big difference for me contextually when reading these posts

much smaller than quail.. had quail here and there... these were about the size of a chick just hatched... sparrow size

[tcTTct 37]

There's also a dish called stewed sparrow my Grandma used to make. All you can see in the pot was a whole bunch of little heads.

[luckytxn 2,264]

I think they will eat anything and especially if it walks and is not human.