Out of Pod Experience

Who won?

As a man who is not overly fond of horses, due to several incidents as a boy, i have only this to say:

My point is simply this: how can you belong to a culture with one of the worst diets in the entire world and simultaneously be disgusted by the thought of eating horse? The question is rhetorical, as you've already answered it by stating it's purely aesthetic. Fine. That's all I wanted to hear. It has nothing to do with nutritional value or even taste, but instead it's purely based on offending your sensibilities. It's just a big contradiction to me. It just adds to the already puzzling nature of British cuisine and eating habits. You have no problem eating kidneys smothered in burned gravy or congealed blood and fat, but horse is too much. It's amusing.

Coming from a culture with one of the worst eating habits in the world (the US) and emigrating to a culture with arguably the best eating habits in the world (Italy, who, by the way, eat horse sometimes and even donkey), I find this whole outrage hilarious, as even in the US I doubt one would find it such a travesty. Eating steak with kidneys and blood pudding or eating haggis would most definitely turn people in the US off, but the difference is their terrible eating habits aren't indicative of poor cuisine, as is often the case in Britain. Granted, if something claims to be beef, it should be beef, and I myself wouldn't like to find out I've been eating horse instead of beef. However, I'm coming from a position of, "If I'm paying for beef, I want it to be beef" and not "OMG IT'S HORSIES!!!! OH THE POOR DEARS!!!" I would feel the same if it were pork instead of horse.

Bottom line: you can't eat what you eat in Britain and then be morally outraged by the thought of eating horse and still expect to be taken seriously. Horse is considered a delicacy. You're absolutely entitled to your opinions and I'm not trying to change your mind, only trying to show you how it looks from the other point of view. You can't come from a position of moral/gastronomic superiority just because you found out there was horse in your fast food and terrible microwave "beef lasagne". I mean, what did you think was in that food in the first place? Do you buy fast food or microwave dishes thinking it's high quality cuisine? It's fast food and microwave lasagne! It wouldn't taste very good even if it weren't partially made out of horse...hell, the horse was probably the only decent ingredient in the entire dish. It's like saying, "I'll eat poo off of the floor as long as it's not horse." If you're not a vegetarian or vegan outraged because you found out there was real meat in there instead of soy or some other awful synthetic ingredient, your point is moot, imo.

If you're so against the use of horses, then stop using glue, paint brushes, and soap.

I should really apologize for coming across like a total ****. I really suck at politeness on the internet; it's not intentional and not confrontational...I just enjoy debating. I'm like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory when it comes to personal relationships.

This story just keeps spreading. And getting worse. Pretty incredible:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Britain-finds-horsemeat-in-school-meals-hospitals-4281006.php

Then stop baking them for an hour at 350 F. Slow Roast 3 1/2 hours at 280 F and your opinion will change.

Which toy did you get?

Also surprised nones made a comic of this yet...

Thing is, Europes integrated market was desighned when people in Africa would get their kids to finish their food as the people in Europe would love it if they could. Just after WW2, if I remember right in the Ukraine they had to have posters reminding parents it was wrong to eat their dead children (it was that bad). This is irrational now as Europe has resumed first world / great power / superpower status depending on your perspective, but the mechanisms exist to make sure Europe never goes hungry again, screw the consequences.

The mechanisms now end up subsidised farmers to simultaneously slightly overproduce (just in case) and keep land fallow (in case its needed for replacing a loss of land due to the Cold War going hot somewhere in the EFTA. Interestingly the proposals to go ahead with developing TAFTA, as a merger of NAFTA and the EFTA would lead to an integrated Transatlantic food market, which could get sticky given the EU perspective on GM foods.