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ski9600		2013-01-31 10:46:45 PM

I ordered a burger in Belgium once at some pub type place. Big mistake.
My dad spent some time in England and used to like to eat out. He liked the pub lunches and stuff. He was like foodie-lite. Anyway, his theory was that the beef in England is made from old cows. Like the beef we eat is only two years old, and in England they're making beef from 17 year old milk cows so it tastes a bit different.

macdaddy357		2013-01-31 10:50:16 PM

Horse or no horse, booger king is nasty.

beta_plus		2013-01-31 10:50:55 PM

What's wrong with eating horses?

Admittedly, you should disclose that. So I guess this is the Nixon/Benghazi the covering up is worse than the crime.

/can't wait to go to Korea to try dog
//I hope they marinate it just like their beef

Zombie DJ		2013-01-31 10:52:02 PM

Ebenator: Beyond the false advertising issue, is eating horse meat really a big deal?

It is to the horse.

4seasons85!		2013-01-31 10:54:49 PM

Doesn't bother me. I assume I'm eating all sorts of disgusting parts when I eat cheap food.

ben_oakmag		2013-01-31 10:59:35 PM

... as long as it's got not too much rat in it....

Ima4nic8or		2013-01-31 11:02:38 PM

I have no problem with this. In fact I wish they would offer a horse meat burger option.

SN1987a goes boom		2013-01-31 11:06:09 PM

When did horses become a sacred animal in Western culture? The only problem I have with BK serving horse meat is that they didn't tell their customers. If you eat horse meat, fine, whatever, good for you. If you choose not to eat horse meat (or other meat for similar reasons) because they are like pets or whatever, then you should be told. Otherwise, what is the big farking deal?

Wayne 985		2013-01-31 11:07:05 PM

tetsoushima: If eating a cow doesn't bother you, why would eating a horse bother you? My only disappointment is that there isn't some other farm animal in there.

I don't know how I feel about it, but my knee jerk reaction is that a horse is specifically bred to be a companion animal. It's the same reason, to a lesser extent, that we don't eat dogs.

Earl of Chives		2013-01-31 11:07:15 PM

beta_plus: What's wrong with eating horses?

Admittedly, you should disclose that. So I guess this is the Nixon/Benghazi the covering up is worse than the crime.

/can't wait to go to Korea to try dog
//I hope they marinate it just like their beef

Anytime you eat surprise meat there is a problem. How was that animal killed? Was it euthanized with lethal drugs you are now going to eat? Did it die of some disease that is now riddled throughout the meat? And for Christ's sake, when they can't even manage to keep the meat in a burger to the one advertised species, what else managed to slip in there when they weren't looking? Horsemeat is a HUGE problem.

jonjr215		2013-01-31 11:08:16 PM

To hell with all these NAAAAAAYYYY sayers!

The First Four Katy Perry Albums		2013-01-31 11:08:23 PM

For all those saying "horse meat is yummy", etc, fine. Sure it is. You're a culinary adventurer, not like those other proles. But do you think they were using the prime cuts here? More like horse lips and assholes from old glue nags packed into a solid frozen 500 lb block of Poland's finest mystery meat.

jaybeezey		2013-01-31 11:09:35 PM

eraser8: Are horses less delicious than cows?

Not trolling...I'm seriously curious.

/voted against the California ban on selling horse meat for human consumption

It's my understanding that it's tougher and must be slow cooked.

White_Scarf_Syndrome		2013-01-31 11:12:55 PM

Omis: Horse meat is probably the cleanest meat you could possibly eat. If I had known that is what BK is using in their burgers, I'd be eating fastfood there.

Define cleanest. I'm curious as to what you mean. Right now it's so unregulated in the U.S., I'd be wary of what exactly I was getting. Then again, I'll buy beef jerky and gulf shrimp off the side of the road NO PROBLEM!

IXI Jim IXI		2013-01-31 11:17:15 PM

This wouldn't even be an issue if it weren't for Camilla feeling threatened...

SundaesChild		2013-01-31 11:19:18 PM

A horse! A horse! My Burger Kingdom for a horse!

/I got nothing and I haven't read the whole thread yet

System600		2013-01-31 11:19:26 PM

Soon to be found on the $0.09 Extra Value Menu....

www.buysoylentgreen.com

Primitive Screwhead		2013-01-31 11:21:50 PM

Weaver95		2013-01-31 11:22:54 PM

I don't get it. horse meat, absent chemical contamination of some sort, isn't bad for you. protein is protein. now if they marketed horse meat as something else, THEN they've got a problem. but if they just said 'hey, some of the burgers might taste like horse' then meh. no biggie.

JesusJuice		2013-01-31 11:23:39 PM

Why is it okay to eat cows but not horses?

LesserEvil		2013-01-31 11:24:30 PM

Trentain		2013-01-31 11:25:37 PM

Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.
Too vague?

AeAe		2013-01-31 11:27:24 PM

JesusJuice: Why is it okay to eat cows but not horses?

Cows are livestock

Lizardking		2013-01-31 11:27:40 PM

I would honestly think that horse meat would be a step up from what most fast food places normally serve as meat

rocketpants		2013-01-31 11:28:10 PM

take_flight: What?
WHAT?
WHAT?!

i.imgur.com

WordyGrrl		2013-01-31 11:34:08 PM

Why we shouldn't eat humans: Kuru (the cannibal disease)

www.falloutwiki.com

Amos Quito		2013-01-31 11:34:55 PM

Rich Cream: Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud; that you may eat. Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.'"

I've been known to chew a little cud - CAMEL TOE, if you know what I mean...

Am I clean or unclean?

/I'll be here all week
//Tip your waitress
///Try the rock hyrax

theflinx		2013-01-31 11:35:19 PM

yawn

Amos Quito		2013-01-31 11:35:45 PM

WordyGrrl: Why we shouldn't eat humans: Kuru (the cannibal disease)

[www.falloutwiki.com image 190x190]

Zombies don't KNOW it's not bacon!

eddievercetti		2013-01-31 11:41:52 PM

It is the UK dealing with this so eh...

swingerofbirches		2013-01-31 11:41:53 PM

If you think about it, there was probably even more strange things in meat products in years gone by. Not years where you went to a butcher or people lived off of farms, but more in the industrial days.

Also, I'm guessing this horse meat was from horses who weren't killed for the purpose of eating, because otherwise, wouldn't it have been more expensive than beef? That is to say, these were horses who perhaps died or natural causes or were race horses that were put down, and they figured they'd use them as filler? Because I would imagine that horses raised to be eaten would be more expensive than beef, but I'm no expert. I'm a vegetarian!

DrZiffle		2013-01-31 11:47:59 PM

Burger King gives me the shiats.

/Whopper indeed

Oldiron_79		2013-01-31 11:49:51 PM

Soulcatcher: Supes: Pin Fiften Clob: The fact that horse meat is so taboo boggles my mind. I would personally not eat it, but I don't see what the big deal is. I can understand the customers being upset since it wasn't advertised as such, but whatevs.

It's because people humanize horses. It's the same reason people (at least in the West) don't eat dogs... we are socialized to attach very human qualities to them. Probably a lot of it has to do with the strong horse racing culture. Japan, for example, has attached no such qualities to horse meat, and sells it regularly.

In the US most people love cats, dogs, and horses almost as much as they love their children. 90% of Americans probably wouldn't eat their children or pets. I'm sure there are some people out there that love cows and pigs and chickens that much too, but we ignore them because they are silly.

A pig is smarter than your cat dog and horse combined. If you are gonna get outraged that we ear any animal its pigs.

Great Porn Dragon		2013-01-31 11:51:53 PM

The One True TheDavid: I still haven't tried horse, camel, llama or ostrich, and I'd like to be able to find and afford buffalo steaks instead of the frozen ground stuff -- which could be polluted with cow meat.

Dude...Critchfield Meats actually carries bison (and bison steaks, at that) from a bison ranch nearish to Goshen :3 (No, you won't find bison steak at Kroger or even at Whole Paycheck, but find a decent meat market and you can usually get bison steak. And some other damn good exotic meats, too. Even venison now and again if you're lucky :D)

That said, don't ever expect to find horsemeat in our neck of the woods. I'm actually kind of surprised Burger King isn't being run out of the state by torch and pitchfork right now, even though the Belmont Burgers apparently were just served in the UK...hell, I've only ever seen dog food containing horsemeat but once in that state, and that was at a long-since-out-of-business IGA :D

/Critchfield's is to Lexington, basically, as Kingsley's is to Louisville...which is to say, Carnivore Heaven
//find a good meat market and you'll never regret it

Funbags		2013-01-31 11:52:37 PM

Weaver95: I don't get it. horse meat, absent chemical contamination of some sort, isn't bad for you. protein is protein. now if they marketed horse meat as something else, THEN they've got a problem. but if they just said 'hey, some of the burgers might taste like horse' then meh. no biggie.

I think it has to do with each animal's domesticated "purpose". Bovine are bred for consumption, Equine are not.

Dogs and cats are, essentially, just another source of protein, yet humans form emotional attachments to them, so consuming them is verboten in most parts of the world.

/Burger King meat has more salt than protein from any source.

Snark Shark II		2013-01-31 11:53:29 PM

old news is so awesome.

Mr. Ekshun		2013-01-31 11:55:25 PM

Forbidden Doughnut		2013-01-31 11:56:46 PM

Pin Fiften Clob: The fact that horse meat is so taboo boggles my mind. I would personally not eat it, but I don't see what the big deal is. I can understand the customers being upset since it wasn't advertised as such, but whatevs.

Same here. ( I would draw the line at dogs & cats,however)

/ it would be like eating a friend

EVERYBODY PANIC		2013-01-31 11:58:33 PM

jaylectricity: Hmm...I wonder what that tastes like.

I've lived abroad and have eaten some pretty unusual food. Horse? Well, come over for dinner Friday evening. I'll just go next door and...

Great Porn Dragon		2013-02-01 12:03:58 AM

olomana: The US exports a lot of horse meat. But we aren't allowed to buy it. Seems unfair.

Any farkers know how to get real mutton in the states? most places use goat and call it mutton.

As far as getting mutton--well, I find it relatively easy, but then again I'm pretty much on the northeastern fringe of where proper Owensboro-style barbecue is served (which has mutton as its primary meat).

If you're into mutton barbecue, can't really go all that wrong with Moonlite Bar-B-Q (based out of Owensboro) and yes, Virginia, you can order over the Internet and they ship overnight.

Otherwise...again, I'd suggest finding a good meat market, which can get proper mutton for you (hell, this is what my folks did back when I was a kid and we'd have mutton and venison barbecue--grandparents would have a deer butchered and have some of it made into "venison mutton" and get some mutton barbecue along with it).

gibbon1		2013-02-01 12:06:15 AM

JasonOfOrillia: There's nothing wrong with horse meat.

Not sure about the UK, but in the US adulterating meat is a felony. Not that anyone has gone to jail since Carter was president.

EVERYBODY PANIC		2013-02-01 12:07:41 AM

Supes: Pin Fiften Clob: The fact that horse meat is so taboo boggles my mind. I would personally not eat it, but I don't see what the big deal is. I can understand the customers being upset since it wasn't advertised as such, but whatevs.

It's because people humanize horses. It's the same reason people (at least in the West) don't eat dogs... we are socialized to attach very human qualities to them. Probably a lot of it has to do with the strong horse racing culture. Japan, for example, has attached no such qualities to horse meat, and sells it regularly.

Further: Females adore horses and adore riding horses. So for one thing, since women do most of the cooking, they'd hate to think that they are cooking a noble steed. Another thing, since girls sometimes ride horses bareback, we can assume that horse meat might smell a bit like... oh, I can't do it. Damn.

namatad		2013-02-01 12:10:23 AM

webthing01: As if fast food is not gross enough.

because equine protein is different than bovine protein how??
LOL

it is so cute watching humans complain about dog or horse, while eating pig and cow

Virtuoso80		2013-02-01 12:11:30 AM

I don't mind being served horse meat. I do mind being lied to about what meat I'm being served.

ButtercupKitteh		2013-02-01 12:14:34 AM

how can i put this? oh yeah..........Meh.

Uchiha_Cycliste		2013-02-01 12:15:25 AM

As a life time mountain biker. I LOVE this idea! I'm a fan of this plan! Let's eat more horses.
As much as I hate horses and their riders, I used to feel so bad for the Horses I would see on trails in South Orange County. Horses should be on huge ranches with tons of space to run around and big fields to eat, they should never be constrained to a tiny little pen so that they can be taken out on the weekends and subjected to narrow trails with tons of people and lots of bikes. Those rich assholes in Orange county commit what I consider abuse on those horses so that they can tell people that they own a horse;. Bastards.

It's odd to feel bad for a creature that I dislike so much.

bonerici		2013-02-01 12:23:49 AM

so

NOBODY read the article.

It has 0.1 percent of horsemeat. Do you know how much 0.1 percent is in a quarterpounder? That's less then a single grain of rice.

You probably got more rice poo in that burger than horsemeat.

boinkingbill		2013-02-01 12:28:49 AM

If you see an English race horse named Red Meat you can rest assured that someone will be taking a bite out of him someday.

Attar		2013-02-01 12:38:40 AM

octopied		2013-02-01 12:41:22 AM

Pin Fiften Clob: The fact that horse meat is so taboo boggles my mind. I would personally not eat it, but I don't see what the big deal is. I can understand the customers being upset since it wasn't advertised as such, but whatevs.

pretty much this, as long as it was safely processed, I don't have a problem with horse, cow, goat,zebra, camel,yak etc

horses are probably better choices than fattier cows anyhow.

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