Horse meat ?

On the negative side, they aren't kosher. The Jewish laws of kashrut and Islamic dietary laws both forbid the consumption of cat meat.


I think this is the aspect that is making me laugh the hardest
about the whole situation. Jewish people I have the pleasure
to know are far more aware of their dietary requirements and
as such buy their kosher food from selected outlets which they
know are 'kosher'. They haven't eaten horse or pork or other
substitute meat as their shops are pretty well 'regulated'.
I haven't personally heard/read of any Jewish outcry or alarm.

Muslims are happy to go to a food shop which says 'Halal' but
which isn't at all halal. Especially the burger bar type outlet,
where profit is put before any religious requirements. Just because
it says it's halal doesn't mean it is. Combine that with the "false piety"
which is so prevalent and loudly voiced in UK for the last few years
and you have a recipe for a lot of people who will need to go do Hajj
this year, just to become 'clean' again...!

Perhaps there are no Jewish prisoners in UK HMP's, as the only concern
the BBC has raised is the issue of halal meals. I haven't heard them once
mention kosher food in relation to HMP. That's because the kosher meal
really is kosher, but the halal isn't.
Kosher meals - Letter to Inside Time Newspaper

 

I'm still struggling with the point of the thread itself.

For a people who consume Spotted Dick, Toad in the Hole, Black Pudding and Faggots, one would think a little horse steak would be a welcome change!

 

North Korea's veggie fast food - one of those where you just pour on boiling water and eat- sold as 'Not Poodle'.

 

I'm still struggling with the point of the thread itself.

For a people who consume Spotted Dick, Toad in the Hole, Black Pudding and Faggots, one would think a little horse steak would be a welcome change!


Dont forget 'baby's head' too!

 

For a people who consume Spotted Dick, Toad in the Hole, Black Pudding and Faggots, one would think a little horse steak would be a welcome change!

I'm still trying to work out what kind of animal, or part of, goes into Spotted Dick

 

Cloutie Dumplin!

Traditional Scottish Recipes - Cloutie Dumpling


Sliced and fried (next day) with bacon and beans! Recipe can be found at the Scottish Healthy eating association! Fried (in butter)a slice of plum duff (xmas pud) with a blue flame of whisky and cream!

 

I'm still struggling with the point of the thread itself.

For a people who consume Spotted Dick, Toad in the Hole, Black Pudding and Faggots, one would think a little horse steak would be a welcome change!
When that comment comes from the country that gave the world poutine, I have to mention stones and glass houses! :p



The above is one of the less disgusting pictures of poutine which can be found via Google.

 

View attachment 100366 Recipe can be found at the Scottish Healthy eating association!

Blimey!! I didn't know there was such a thing

 

The problem is that our "supply lines" are too long. There are too many steps & places where fraud can happen, before the food reaches us.

The solution is simple: buy your meat (and other food) locally, from a farmer or butcher you know. Or better yet, grow your own food!

Kind regards,

Jos

 

The problem is that our "supply lines" are too long. There are too many steps & places where fraud can happen, before the food reaches us.

The solution is simple: buy your meat (and other food) locally, from a farmer or butcher you know. Or better yet, grow your own food!

Kind regards,

Jos

A lot of places closed due to EC regulations. We're ruled by Brussels too much

 

The problem is that our "supply lines" are too long. There are too many steps & places where fraud can happen, before the food reaches us.

The solution is simple: buy your meat (and other food) locally, from a farmer or butcher you know. Or better yet, grow your own food!

Kind regards,

Jos
The problem is not with fresh meat, though. In that respect it's really immaterial whether you buy it from a supermarket chain or a local butcher, since the supermarkets generally do their own butchery on-site or in central locations. I'm sure even an apprentice butcher can spot the difference between a side of horse and a side of beef when it's hanging in the cold store.

As you say, this is more the fault of failings in the supply chain, with people apparently carrying out fraud on what could be a massive scale. If you can introduce this stuff into the supply chain then it's easy to conceal: the frozen meals in which it's been found tend to be highly flavoured - usually with tomato, which just masks the taste of the meat - and you'd need a pretty discerning palate to pick out the taste of horse under that!

But if people are going to defraud their customers they will. I found a story on a Dutch news site about a restaurant in Amsterdam which has been serving horse steaks as beef since 1949.

DutchNews.nl - Amsterdam steakhouse boss admits selling horse for 63 years

It should also be borne in mind that many of the sauces which supposedly make up haute cuisine were actually devised partly or wholly in order to disguise the fact that the meat being used was rotten!

 

Blimey!! I didn't know there was such a thing

You'll find it filed under Deep Fried Mars Bar but a we bit before thrombosis... hoots mon...!
We need an emoticon with a Tam o' Shanter...

 

When that comment comes from the country that gave the world poutine, I have to mention stones and glass houses! :p



The above is one of the less disgusting pictures of poutine which can be found via Google.

That is true but no one here is complaining about tainted poutine. All that gravy would hide most contaminants in any event.

 

That is true but no one here is complaining about tainted poutine. All that gravy would hide most contaminants in any event.


And besides, poutine is good for you.

 

And besides, poutine is good for you.

Yes, if you're a cardiologist.

 

This Poutine - has what in polite company would best be described as having a recycled look about it.

 

When that comment comes from the country that gave the world poutine, I have to mention stones and glass houses! :p



The above is one of the less disgusting pictures of poutine which can be found via Google.

You are kidding, right?



Francesinha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

That's it a post it note 'NIL BY MOUTH' Just up the road from here a pub 'The Green Man' - uncanny I feel as though I am there.

 

Someone sent me this:
THE HORSEMEAT SCANDAL - British Pathé

The year in which this scandal broke is 1948 !

Ron

 

Looks like they won't be able to make another Shrek film.

We've been eating Donkey

Donkey mince scandal for SA | Food24