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A Horse is a Horse, and a main course, of course....

....but we shouldn't eat horse.
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....Tainted Beef, oooooooooooooh, Tainted Beef.....
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....If David Hasselhoff eats horses, why shouldn't we?
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....Justin Beiber's remains.
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Total votes : 125

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Postby Great Nepal » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:48 am

Its all been over-hyped. Simple issue of mislabelling, since there is nothing that suggests there is risk to human health and hose is eaten.
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Postby Thafoo » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:48 am

Great Nepal wrote:Its all been over-hyped. Simple issue of mislabelling, since there is nothing that suggests there is risk to human health and hose is eaten.

Well, some horses have a drug in them that could cause a serious reaction in humans.

Although I wouldn't want to eat a garden hose.

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Postby Gauthier » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:49 am

Great Nepal wrote:Its all been over-hyped. Simple issue of mislabelling, since there is nothing that suggests there is risk to human health and hose is eaten.


It's all about offending Western taboo against eating horse.
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Postby Khodoristan » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:49 am

My beef (heh...heh heh) is with the false labeling. Me, personally, I have no qualms with eating horse at all. It's the misleading and potential public food safety issue that irks me.
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Postby Great Nepal » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:50 am

Thafoo wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Its all been over-hyped. Simple issue of mislabelling, since there is nothing that suggests there is risk to human health and hose is eaten.

Well, some horses have a drug in them that could cause a serious reaction in humans.

Although I wouldn't want to eat a garden hose.

Yes, but that hasn't been found yet. Therefore there is no danger to human health.

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Great Nepal wrote:Its all been over-hyped. Simple issue of mislabelling, since there is nothing that suggests there is risk to human health and hose is eaten.


It's all about offending Western taboo against eating horse.

People it horse in France and continental Europe. Its just a British taboo.
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Postby Thafoo » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:51 am

Great Nepal wrote:
Thafoo wrote:Well, some horses have a drug in them that could cause a serious reaction in humans.

Although I wouldn't want to eat a garden hose.

Yes, but that hasn't been found yet. Therefore there is no danger to human health.

Gauthier wrote:
It's all about offending Western taboo against eating horse.

People it horse in France and continental Europe. Its just a British taboo.

Actually, it has been found but very scarcely.

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Postby Gauthier » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:51 am

Great Nepal wrote:
Gauthier wrote:
It's all about offending Western taboo against eating horse.

People it horse in France and continental Europe. Its just a British taboo.


And American. They don't serve the runners-up of the Triple Crown at a banquet.
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Postby Jetan » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:54 am

Horse meat tastes good. The problem is that it was advertised as beef. Obviously this sort of stuff needs to be trampled on so the meat producers don't have free reign anymore. It's not the wild west where the snakeoil salesman could just saddle up and be on his way again.
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Postby Parhe » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:57 am

Why should I be offended? I would eat humans if it was tested to be safe-and if it passed of course. Just because I get close to a few individuals of a species does not mean I will not eat all members of it, probably just not the ones I know.

Though, I feel most people are more concerned with them not getting what they paid for and health dangers.
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Postby Lyassa and Nairoa » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:58 am

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but isn´t "Soylent beef is HORSES!" something that only a horse should say, strictly speaking ?
Shouldn´t that be the point of view of horses alone ?

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Postby Bears Armed » Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:00 am

Lunatic Goofballs wrote:A religious aversion is kind of weird; at least among Christians. Didn't Christ say that it's what comes out of your mouth that makes you sinful and not what goes into it, or something along those lines?

Back before the English became Christians, they used to sacrifice horses to one or more of their deities and then eat some of the meat... and so when they were converted to Christianity the Pope included eating horsemeat in the list of heathen practices should be stopped here in the hope that this would reduce the risk of people slipping back into their old ways.

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We used to have horsemeat plants in the U.S. This is just more example of blatant outsourcing.

There has actually been a suggestion in at least one British newspaper that some of this horsemeat came from slaughterhouses in Mexico, with the horses involved being from the USA.
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Postby Ermarian » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:08 am

Ostroeuropa wrote:
Lunatic Goofballs wrote:I have no problem with people serving and eating horse. But serving it up and calling it beef? Neigh.


This.
Also, there are different health-checks needed for horse meat. We got lucky that there wasn't an outbreak of something, like cutie pox.


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Postby Ovisterra » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:10 am

Our bad, guys. Won't happen again.
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Postby Risottia » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:50 am

Minoriteeburg wrote:What do you think of Burgergate?


Horse meat is ok, but labels should not cheat the customer, and list all ingredients.
Also, horse meat (and any other food, actually), should be completely traceable - just as bovine meat is already traced throughout the EU.

And it should really be Lasagnagate. Because lasagna > hamburgers.
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Postby L Ron Cupboard » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:54 am

I wonder if the French will start calling us Le Roscheval.
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Postby Icesteam » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:56 am

Of course I'm not against eating horsemeat, but damn, while buying beef, we're paying for the cow, not for the horse.
Meat is a vulnerable good these days and such actions must be punished. It's fraud.
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Postby Great Nepal » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:59 am

Thafoo wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Yes, but that hasn't been found yet. Therefore there is no danger to human health.


People it horse in France and continental Europe. Its just a British taboo.

Actually, it has been found but very scarcely.

Really? Health experts are saying it is not food safety issue.

Icesteam wrote:Of course I'm not against eating horsemeat, but damn, while buying beef, we're paying for the cow, not for the horse.

We knew this was coming all along, hence Hindus dont eat beef. True story. :p
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Postby Indira » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:04 am

I'm tempted to laugh myself horse;D

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Postby Hircus » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:14 pm

Oh wait, I raise my own meat. wait, they better not put horse in my coffee. What? :)
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Postby Geilinor » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:10 pm

Gauthier wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Its all been over-hyped. Simple issue of mislabelling, since there is nothing that suggests there is risk to human health and hose is eaten.


It's all about offending Western taboo against eating horse.

False labeling isn't a problem? It's a reasonable expectation to get what they tell you you're buying.
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Postby Densaner » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:14 pm

Don't bother me with details. As long it has four legs, a tail and makes funny noises i'm in.

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Postby Napkiraly » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:18 pm

I wonder if the butchers play this before the slaughter.

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Postby The Republic of Lanos » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:21 pm

Gauthier wrote:
Frisivisia wrote:We pack up all the ones we don't beat and ship them to Romania.


We used to have horsemeat plants in the U.S. This is just more example of blatant outsourcing.

We're getting them back in the U.S. after that ban elapsed.

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Postby Terrordome » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:35 pm

I don't have a problem with eating horse, its just when I buy something that says "beef" on the packet i expect it to be beef. People are right to say it is a simple issue of mislabeling, but it is still a gross deciet of the public which should not be swept under the carpet.

Part of the problem is the insatiable demand for beef in europe. Beef production from cattle is a massively inefficiant way to provide protien, and expensive, so I am not suprised people have found ways to provide cheap "beef" for us in the UK. Part of me feels we should go back to what it was like in the 50s before factory farming when beef and chicken was a luxury to be enjoyed once a week or so. It would be better for our health and better for our environment. This crisis has actually made me think of how much meat I eat and I have started to make an effort to eat less.
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Postby Scomagia » Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:55 pm

I don't get why anyone is surprised that corporations are lying about their products.
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