Bosintang

Bosintang[lower-alpha 1] (Korean: 보신탕; Hanja: 補身湯, South Korean name) or tan'gogiguk (단고기국, North Korean name) is a Korean soup (guk) that uses dog meat as its primary ingredient. The meat is boiled with vegetables such as green onions, perilla leaves, and dandelions, and flavorants such as doenjang, gochujang, and perilla seed powder.[1] It is seasoned with agastache rugosa before eating. The soup has been claimed to provide increased virility.[2]

Bosintang
Alternative namestan'gogiguk (North Korea), gaejangguk, gaejang, gujang, jiyangtang
TypeGuk (tang)
Place of originKorea
Main ingredientsDog meat, vegetables, spices
South Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBosintang
McCune–ReischauerPosintang
IPA[po.ɕin.tʰaŋ]
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
Revised RomanizationDangogiguk
McCune–ReischauerTangogikuk
IPA[tan.ɡo.ɡi.k͈uk̚]

The dish, as with all dog meat consumption in South Korea, has become highly controversial in recent decades. There are now a number of significant legal restrictions around the butchering of dogs. According to a 2020 survey of South Koreans, 83.8% have never eaten dog meat before.

Names

There are a number of names for the dish.

Revised
Romanization		 Hangul Hanja Translation
boshintang 보신탕 補身湯 "invigorating soup"
yeongyangtang 영양탕 營養湯 "nutritious soup"
boyangtang 보양탕 補養湯 "invigorating soup"
gaejang(guk) 개장(국) 개醬(국) "dog soy bean paste soup"
sacheoltang 사철탕 四철湯 "soup for all seasons"
dangogitang 단고기탕 단고기湯 "sweet meat soup" (North Korean name)
gutang 구탕 狗湯 "dog soup"
gujang 구장 狗醬 "dog soy bean paste soup"
jiyangtang 지양탕 地羊湯 "land sheep soup"
meongmeongtang 멍멍탕 멍멍湯 "woof woof soup"

History
See also: Dog meat consumption in South Korea § History

Most scholars agree that people on the Korean peninsula have consumed dog meat for thousands of years. The history of bosintang is more recent. A 1849 book Dongguksesigi contains a recipe for bosintang that includes boiled dog and green onion.[3]

Boshintang is considered to be a similar dish to yukgaejang, which uses beef as its primary ingredient.

Recent status
See also: Dog meat consumption in South Korea § Recent history

In June 2018, a South Korean municipal court ruled that killing dogs for their meat was illegal, though this law did not make it illegal to consume dog meat.[4]

According to a 2020 survey conducted by the Humane Society International of 1,000 South Koreans, 83.8% never consumed dog meat and had no plans to ever do so. 58.6% supportted the outright ban of its consumption, with 57% of people responding that it had a negative impact on international perceptions of South Korea.[5]

Controversy
Main article: Dog meat consumption in South Korea § Controversy

See also

Notes
  1. Also romanized boshintang.

References
  1. 2004 Seoul Shinmoon article
  2. "S Korea dog meat row deepens". BBC News. November 12, 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  3. "[서울신문] [씨줄날줄] 개고기/함혜리 논설위원". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 2008 Seoul Shinmoon article
  4. ""한국 개고기 시장 1조4000억" - 프레시안". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  5. "식국민 84% "개고기 소비한 적 없고, 먹을 생각 없다"". Hankyoreh News. October 23, 2020.
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