On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:22:38 -0500, BillGill wrote:
> netcat wrote:
>
>>> Horses don't generally get turned into hamburger, even back in 1958...
>>
>> I've read it, and it was definitely a horse. Made me wonder a bit, too.
>>
>> rgds,
>> netcat
>
> Just one of those little plot things. Horses weren't supposed to be
> turned into hamburgers, but horse meat is cheaper than beef, and as long
> as nobody knows... And the hamburger wasn't eaten by the person who
> bought it. He took one bite and threw it away and it was picked out of
> the trash by a bum.
>
> Bill
When my parents were graduate students, back in the early 1950's, they
once bought some horse meat at a Boston-area butcher shop, and had it for
dinner. They said that it was rather tough, and somewhat sweet-tasting.
They later learned that its intended use was for dog food, not human
consumption. There are some cultures, even today, where horse meat is
intentionally eaten by humans.
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John F. Eldredge -- john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
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