Horse meat, would you eat it?

Over the years I have eaten some weird and wonderful foods including dog and horse. In those days horse was a delicacy and not a bulk filler as it seems to be today.

Am I suprised about the horse meat scancal? No, not really. Though I am surprised that we have not had this situation sooner. Having worked in the meat industry and then the food industry (both catering & retail) there was only one way for production standards to go and that was down. When stores like tesco's want to sell 4burgers at 64p and make a profit and the maker of those burgers wants a profit and the supplier of the meat wants a profit and the price of grain for feeding the animal has doubled........

Quite a few years ago I was ridiculed by many of my friends for keeping animals, including pigs, turkeys and chickens (both meat birds and layers). I knew what was in my food and where it was coming from!  Who's laughing now?

To be fair it is the only thing that I miss about the UK. My animals - a perfect food source!

The news doesn't get any better.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289682/Stray-dogs-Spain-used-make-pet-food-farm-animal-feed.html

gangs of people that work in the government i bet

You can find horse meat with beef

Well, here I go advertising my age again!!

During the second world war, as a child, I was very grateful for horsemeat steaks, sheeps brains, sweetbreads, stuffed hearts, etc., etc.

Some years later, in the Philippines, I unwittingly ate dog. Smelled and tasted like lamb. Could not speak Tagalo! Also a duck egg, again unwittingly eaten, although I did notice, it was at the point of birth. Considered a great delicacy there!

I think we are indoctrinated by seeing meat products attractively packaged with clingfilm, not realising, or maybe not wanting to realise what went into to its production?

Because we all have similar looking appendages, etc., does not mean we all enjoy similar customs. What may seem ghastly to some people, may be perfectly acceptable to others.

One thing does concern me, regarding horsemeat, is that allegedly, the animals are injected with something that allegedly could have an effect on health?  

 Some of you may be happy about this news!!  Meatballs with no horsemeat now on sale in IKEA again!

www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/22530/meatballs-back-on-sale-in-ikea-in-spain

Dear All,

probably unrelated but as a point of information............we have a branch of Lidl in Canterbury, Kent which I sometimes shop in.

I like their honey, yoghurt, french goat's cheese and now their Scotch fillet, but a particular favourite has been the beef lasagne. We have been buying it for some time, multi-buying it and sharing it around the family.

Since the scare I bought two packs for the fridge.

When next using one it was different, not tasty and not worth the journey.

Being a miser I also used the second one but not before doctoring it with onions, garlic and bisto, whereupon it was passable only.

As to the question yes I would and have in France.

Regards

Norman