I want to shower you with sugar lumps

[venta]

Just because I'm curious:

Poll

This is assuming witting consumption rather than burgers of dubious origins.

Comments

[lnr]

Oh drat - I *may* have eaten horse meat in France as a teenager, but my notoriously dodgy memory can't be sure. If so I certainly didn't dislike it, and I'd be 100% willing to eat it (again) in future as I'm pretty sure I *would* like it even if I haven't actually had it.

I have no objection in principle to it being in burgers, so long as they're well labelled.

[venta]

I have no objection in principle to it being in burgers, so long as they're well labelled.

Indeed! I wasn't going to use the poll results to conclude that it didn't matter if beefburgers were made of horse :) Also, more than worrying about whether I want to eat horse, I just find it slightly alarming that the food manufacturing process is such that the wrong stuff can sneak in without anyone noticing.

Most news reports have commented that in the UK people "won't" eat horse (and I think my perception confirms that). So... I suspect what we can most safely conclude is that people who read this LJ are not representative of the UK at large!

[lnr]

I think that's a conclusion I may have come to already even without the evidence of your poll :)

[motodraconis]

I was under the impression that it was illegal to eat discarded riding horses or pet horses as they will have had a lot of routine medication, so horsemeat comes from specifically farmed or culled semi-wild horses. I've not researched this thoroughly myself though. Though last time I was in France I saw a horsemeat shop - the meat is sold separately from a normal butcher as the regulations are strict in keeping the meat safe and not sourced in any way from a medicated ridden horse.
I ate horse sporadically as a child, but the last time was a delicious horse 'n sauce in Belgium. Very tasty.

[venta]

Horse'n'sauce is such a great phrase that I specifically want to eat horse that way, now!

[undyingking]

See also: stallion'n'scallion, filly'n'chili, etc.

[venta]

This made me laugh, so I read it out to ChrisC. He suggests that, if cooking horse for someone who probably wouldn't want to eat it, you serve it with marscapone...

[undyingking]

*is greatly amused*