"John F. Eldredge" <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
Horse fat is considered superior for cooking French fries/chips.
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