Canine Consumption

Talking about eating dog has become a topic of frequent conversation lately between my students and myself.
It starts off innocently enough. We begin talking about food and I ask the students what they're favorite kind of food is and we discuss differences between Korean and American food.
A 16-year-old student in one of my advanced classes started talking about food and somehow veered toward the subject of eating dog.
"Absolutely not!" I retorted. "I will never eat dog! That's the one thing I won't try."
"You should, it's delicious," she said in a sinister half-whisper as the corners of her mouth turned upward in a little smile.
I just sat there blinking at her. Did I just see her smile when she said dog was delicious?! I whipped out my camera and showed her a picture of my black lab, Bohdi.
"I can't eat that!" I exclaimed. And we both started laughing. "He's so cute, he's my baby!"
Then just the other night, during my middle school class, I was asking my students what was in bulgogi and one of them piped up saying that it was made of dog.
I said, "What?!" eyes wide and terrified. I've eaten bulgogi and was under the impression it was beef. If I had inadvertently eaten dog I would have cried and likely vomited.
Luckily one of the other students said bulgogi wasn't dog, it was beef. But, she said, dog is very healthy and much more tender. Then all the students went on and on and on about how delicious dog is.
I told them I'm willing to try anything, but I refuse to try dog. I absolutely won't eat a dog.
"I have a dog," I said.
Then they asked what kind of dog he was and if I had him here with me. I told them my dog was safe at home with my parents in the U.S.
One of the students asked, "Your dog is with your parents?"
"Yes," I answered.
"Will your parents eat your dog?" he asked with a serious face.
I laughed.
"Umm, no. My parents most definitely will not be eating my dog."
I'll try anything twice. Except bacon martinis, that I will only do once! And dog -- I will never, ever, EVER eat dog.