Eat Trigger or Silver? Disgusting. Eat Bambi? Killer! Eat Elsie? Yumm.

So the question of the day seems to be “horse or no horse”? (Or in Iceland “Why the hell is there no meat at all in a meat pie”?

Not a thing in the world wrong with eating horse. Or donkey. Or mule. Or deer. Or elk. Oh, the list goes on and on, and still people foam and retch at the thought of eating something strange. You want strange? Try “net-catching dictyophora” or “green ant bums, mate, yumm”. I have eaten some strange things along the way. Strange things like baby octopi, eels in hot sauce, stew with chicken heads (feathers and all) and who knows what else? Donkey sausage? Yep.

So what is the big deal with horse? They are leaner than beef, better for you that lamb and more meat that a nice fat deer. You only don’t want to eat horse because of cultural issues. I accept that. But for heaven’s sake, get over the whining and moaning about what other people eat. I was at a market in Orlando where pig uteruses and ovaries were on sale. Yuck. But they do sell them to somebody. I was at a market in Taiwan where live snakes were skinned (alive) and sold for sombodies dinner. If it isn’t poison someone probably not only eats it but loves to eat it. And even some poisonous things like fugu are prized by some.

No, the issue is adulteration. Plain and simple. If it says “beef” it shouldn’t be horse. Eat Bambi or Trigger if you want to, just don’t mix it with my “100% ground Elsie”.

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