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By: Horse burger « Samizdata

Horse burger « Samizdata — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:09:54 +0000

[...] the horse burger. It’s starting to look as if the main long-term effect of the Great Horse Meat Scandal upon Britain is that the British diet will be expanded. The politicians huff and puff. We get to [...]

By: Alisa

Alisa — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:13:23 +0000

By: Julie near Chicago

Julie near Chicago — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:02:35 +0000

Alisa, *EEE-E-E-E-W-W-WWWWWWW!!!!* [Required response to an excellent pun]

By: Alisa

Alisa — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:50:44 +0000

William: vegans don’t eat meat anyway, and so even if they care, common sense tells me that it is people who do eat meat who would be interested in the close inspection of the meat they purchase.

Laird: at his age, I’m afraid Mr. Ed is inEdible.

By: William O. B'Livion

William O. B'Livion — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:27:47 +0000

Dumb, paranoid question:

Is there just as much hassle and regulation of *all* food products, or only meat and other stuff vegans and right minded people disapprove of?

I’m just asking because I’m in a paranoid and cleaning my guns kinda mood.

Or I would be if my guns were dirty.

By: Julie near Chicago

Julie near Chicago — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:04:55 +0000

OMG! Laird!! They also want us to eat Silver -- and TRIGGER!!!

By: Julie near Chicago

Julie near Chicago — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:51:47 +0000

Laird,

That works too. I also thought of Misty of Chincoteague.

Just as long as you don’t ask me to eat Harvey. –OTOH, I grew up eating quite a few of P. Rabbit’s brothers and sisters….

By: Laird

Laird — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:17:37 +0000

Actually, Julie, my thought was more along the lines of Mr. Ed.

By: Julie near Chicago

Julie near Chicago — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:37:51 +0000

One comment to the article at The Week cited by Alisa, responding to other comments about the possibility of dead racehorses getting into the human diet, said that there's some danger if they are, because many racehorses are injected with steroids. Another comment says that in fact the French do have problems with illness resulting from eating horsemeat. My personal reaction is, "What! You're asking me to eat Black Beauty?!!"

By: Alisa

Alisa — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:21:40 +0000

Laird, I think that by ‘contaminant’ most people mean something that is not fit to eat – but not necessarily for health reason. I – as well most people – could be wrong.

By: Laird

Laird — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:37:15 +0000

FWIW, I also agree that this an issue of proper labelling, i.e., consent, and that it’s entirely wrong to sell something as beef if it’s actually horsemeat. I merely take issue with calling it a “contaminant”, which (to me) implies a health hazard, as opposed to being merely dishonest labelling.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:12:45 +0000

No harm done, and no hoofed animals were overcooked in the (second) course of this discussion.