Horse Meat

**Dadie** · 18-Jan-13, 00:19

I know where my meat comes from usually as I buy as 1/2 a beast and get it butchered or use a local butcher for meat and make my own burgers etc...sausages are more tricky as getting skins is hard.
Unusual meats are from fickle finds at the butchers or lidls frozen foods....or holidays...
The kids are oblivious about what they eat ....its just meat, but if asked I dont lie....apart from Christmas eve (they were eating reindeer stew) and I thought the truth would hurt.....and yes my kids know meat doesnt just come in plastic trays with a blood sooking pad underneath!
They can and often help (hinder) grandad with his butchering duties.

**secrets in symmetry** · 18-Jan-13, 00:25

One of the best burgers I've ever been served was a horse burger.

I could probably find the restaurant if I went there again....

**Shaggy** · 18-Jan-13, 00:29

just had a horrible thought........has anyone checked the label on Tesco's own brand Cock-a-leeky soup???

**Dadie** · 18-Jan-13, 00:35

Where was the restaurant?
Take it was overseas....continent.....Im not against horse as meat per say......
Just I like to know the history of the meat we eat....due to other factors such as antibiotics used in the animal and the timing before culling etc...
Which worries me more...antibiotic resistance etc .....

**secrets in symmetry** · 18-Jan-13, 00:37

I bought a couple of Tesco burgers last week. They were a bit hard, so I tried to tenderise them in the usual way. I eventually gave up - it felt like I was flogging a dead horse.

**secrets in symmetry** · 18-Jan-13, 00:38

Originally Posted by Dadie

Where was the restaurant?
Take it was overseas....continent.....Im not against horse as meat per say......
Just I like to know the history of the meat we eat....due to other factors such as antibiotics used in the animal and the timing before culling etc...
Which worries me more...antibiotic resistance etc .....

Strasbourg.

**Shaggy** · 18-Jan-13, 00:51

aargh! i just pulled an old box of tesco burgers out of the fridge and theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyre off!

**luskentyre** · 18-Jan-13, 00:52

I agree that there should be no difference between the morals of slaughtering a horse for consumption and a cow. Similarly, there should be no distinction between cows and cats, pigs and ponies or chickens and cockatoos. I've always found it strange that we're content to eat farm animals but happily take pets into our homes and lavish affection on them.

Is it just because the cute ones are able to show us affection, or demonstrate some other use to us?

**Shaggy** · 18-Jan-13, 00:52

Tesco are now catering for vegetarian horse lovers.....they are putting UniQuorn meat in the veggie burgers!

**secrets in symmetry** · 18-Jan-13, 00:57

I'm drinking red rum with Diet Coke right now - it's shergar-free.

**Shaggy** · 18-Jan-13, 00:58

OMG! they've now found traces of Zebra in Tesco barcodes!

**secrets in symmetry** · 18-Jan-13, 01:00

Originally Posted by Shaggy

OMG! they've now found traces of Zebra in Tesco barcodes!

Has it been there furlong?

**joxville** · 18-Jan-13, 01:04

I'd have no problem trying horse meat, to me it's no different to eating most other animals; it's only because we Brits see than as 'domesticated' that leaves some aghast. People have no problem with turkey, chicken, duck etc. but would be up in arms if someone ate a parrot, who's to say what's right and what's wrong? I remember the time I tried swan... ;-)

**Shaggy** · 18-Jan-13, 01:06

This weeks special offers in Tesco

1. Unicorn on the cob - just £2 for 4
2. 25 Burgers, only cost you a pony
3. Mad sale on burgers - All hoof price!
4. Tesco burgers - beats the rivals prices by a nose!

**secrets in symmetry** · 18-Jan-13, 01:06

Tesco have a special deal on burgers tomorrow, they're two to one on.

**secrets in symmetry** · 18-Jan-13, 01:07

Originally Posted by Shaggy

This weeks special offers in Tesco

1. Unicorn on the cob - just £2 for 4
2. 25 Burgers, only cost you a pony
3. Mad sale on burgers - All hoof price!
4. Tesco burgers - beats the rivals prices by a nose!

Lol!

Great minds think alike!

I posted before I saw your post.

**changilass** · 18-Jan-13, 01:09

Originally Posted by secrets in symmetry

Great minds think alike!

....... or fools fail to differ.

**Shaggy** · 18-Jan-13, 01:10

Ah! what an excellent evening i've just had...went to Thurso Cinema, y'know, just over the road from where they are building the new slaughterhouse err i mean Tesco...anyway, watched a great film called "Warhorse", the Tesco adverts before, during and after the film teed me off a little but the films strap-line made me laugh..."Warhorse! - you've seen the play! watched the film! now eat the cast! Tesco - every little helps