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| Français : Contrefilet de viande de cheval, en France. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The question I find myself asking - and I know I won't be alone in this - is, how is it okay to happily munch your way through cow, but then recoil in disgust at the thought of consuming horse? Is it more about being duped, I wonder? But most people usually know better than to ask what goes into burgers anyway...don't they?
It's taken the advancement of DNA Science to tell us what we already knew.
ReplyDeleteI always plump for the "low Shergar content"
Very wise, Rog. Presumably you always have the hors(e) d'oeuvres, too?
Delete... and wash it down with a nice glass of (red) rum?
DeleteActually, the meat in your picture looks rather tasty. Cook it well and stick it on a plate with a generous portion of chips and wash it down with a decent pint and you would have no complaints from me.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Alan. It's hard to see how meat eaters can justifiably express a preference for one animal over another, on moral grounds. But in the case of those who eat burgers it's hard to determine exactly what's in the mix, anyway.
DeleteI enjoy that exotic illness, but I still have to cook meat for others. I must admit though, like you I wonder how it is okay to eat cows, lambs and so on, yet be disgusted at the thought of eating horse x
ReplyDeleteWe had the exotic illness for about six months, and the eventual reintroduction of meat to our diet has been quite limited, to fish and poultry. Nothing processed.
DeleteAs a life-long vegetarian I don't understand how people can eat cows and sheep but not cats and dogs. Is there a part-veggie in everyone? When my son came home after a year in France he became a vegetarian. He couldn't face meat after being fed horse steaks and fox casserole by his host family.
ReplyDeleteI think some people may have consumed cats and dogs, unwittingly. There have been a number of establishments closed down for the improper introduction of domestic animals to the 'dish of the day'.
DeleteMy step-brother, a former chef who has lived an alternative lifestyle these past 30+ years, has cooked and eaten rook and squirrel. He is a big fan of rabbit-burgers. At least, that's what he says they are.
Horsemeat has a very different taste from beef. Aside from the taste difference, one should be able to trust the labeling.
ReplyDeleteI am not a vegetarian, but eat actually very little meat or fish. I buy only organic meat, every since I was pregnant with my first child.
Horsemeat has a grossly sweet taste (I know, I was served it once somewhere in Southern Italy).
DeleteWe seem to be following a very similar diet, Merisi.
DeleteI don't understand why people who are not squeamish about certain kinds of meat are squeamish about other kinds of meat. My uncle lives in the Congo where bush meat (monkey) is the main source of protein. I asked him what it tasted like, expecting the stock (geddit?) answer: chicken.
ReplyDeleteHe said: 'It tastes like monkey.'
I'll pass on the monkey, although I do like ap(e)ricots on my breakfast cereal.
DeleteI once ate horse meat not knowing and was pretty disgusted when told. I was living in Spain at the time.
ReplyDeleteLast year I was ate some sausage at a friends house and then was told it was bear meat. I didn't get angry at our friends, but I really don't like eating soemthing without knowing exactly what it is. I guess the best way to get around that is to ask first or just stop eating meat.
You're right, Kathe, I think we're all probably a little guilty of not asking more questions about what our food contains.
DeleteI have eaten ostrich,in Paris, buffalo,readily available here, crocodile, in New Orleans and "bush meat"in Nigeria, and cannot rightly criticize anyone who decides to eat horse. However, many of my personal friends have been horses and so I abstain, from what feels like cannibalism.
ReplyDeleteHere in California lots of people are squeamish about eating lamb. Go figure!
And you're still with us, English Rider! Methinks the food debate is a good deal more complex than the shock headlines would have us believe.
DeleteSpeaking of crocodile, though, I once knew a landlord of a pub in Torpoint who was very proud of his alligator steaks. At least, that's what he said they were...