Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 I never buy cheepo burgers you can't trust what's in them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21054688 I always wondered what happened to "Shergar" makes a whole new meaning to "Fast food" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 So if you want to wind up the manager of your local TESCOS ask for a Shergar Burger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pemberton 15 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Don't know what all the fuss is about. People on the continent have been eating horse meat for 'donkeys' years and they are all right. It's only the thought of eating horse is what upsets us Brits. Would people eat cow if it wasn't nicely wrapped up on a tray in the supermarket. would they eat chicken if they had to kill it themselves, get over it - it's food, eat and enjoy. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Horse meat or not 'aint the point.The point is we're being conned again by someone lying about their products obviously for profit. If I buy free range eggs I want free range, not factory farmed then dipped in sh*t and feathers to make 'em look the real thing. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pemberton 15 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 I get your point and agree with you, however I was just pointing out that people think that eating horse meat is abhorrent - it is not, we eat other meats without a second thought, that is the point I was making. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 I think a more serious concern is that the horsemeat "may" not be produced in a clean facility. If it is going to be used, it needs to be subjected to the same regulations as beef production. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Come on now people, eating horses is just not civilised; come to think of it eating any animal is questionable. I wish I could wean myself off chicken, beef and the various fish that I occasionally indulge in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 You and me Jackson on a desert island and no coconuts....If you see me with a jar of piccalilli giving you a funny look I'd start swimming if I were you... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Don't know what all the fuss is about. People on the continent have been eating horse meat for 'donkeys' years and they are all right. It's only the thought of eating horse is what upsets us Brits. Would people eat cow if it wasn't nicely wrapped up on a tray in the supermarket. would they eat chicken if they had to kill it themselves, get over it - it's food, eat and enjoy. What does "Donkey" taste like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Storm in a teacup I think. Tesco getting a lot of flak about this, but hang on, these burgers were supplied to many outlets including Iceland etc. These supermarkets have been caught with their pants down by dodgy meat packers in Ireland, don't blame the shops. Horsemeat ? does not bother me, I don't eat any meat ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 What does "Donkey" taste like? Chicken, I suspect! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 I had a Donkey jacket once, that wont very tasty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 There is a Corsican dried sausage that contains donky meat,mind you they will eat anything, and in Sardinia they even have a cheese with live maggots in it called Casu marzu ............. YUCK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yoo Eeengleesh are eating the cheese that is Blu? Ay Caramba! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 We had horse meat in Belgium once. Very nice it was too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Anagram of Hamburgers is shergar bum. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Yoo Eeengleesh are eating the cheese that is Blu? Ay Caramba! Our local supermarket has a British section on it's shelves, and it sells Cropwell Bishop Stilton that well, my wife has to order it, for me, The person who is encharge of the section say's everything sells well, and the only thing they find hard to sell is the mint sauce and ............................................. So the French must have some good tastes somewhere............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Sacre Bleu!! but the French would not even consider for an instance eating 'Lamb with mint sauce' - one of our favourite English, culinary dishes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Aha - Sacre Bleu - is that the French equivalent of Stilton? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Or even Cordon Bleu..................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Salami used to contain donkey meat and horse meat. I don't fancy it myself as I used to have a horse, but I love bambi burgers, which may have similar connotations for some people. They breed horses just up the road from me which are then sent to Europe for the horse meat trade. I feel sad when I go by their field, but really is that any different to a field of cows being grown for their meat, and how about those lovely little lambs that are beginning to appear again. It's all relative really. But obviously the point is these were rogue burgers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Mutton dressed up as lamb - or more exactly, bobbo dressed up as moo-cow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think horses are more like pets, and therefore family. In India cows are treated as similarly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Don't get me wrong I wouldn't go out of my way to eat Horse meat, it wasn't till after we had it that we were told what it was. As I said it wasn't bad at all (Love to say it tastes like Swan, but that's an old joke) We actually thought it was Pork as it was served up with apple sauce. IMMSC there was quite a bit of contoversy about it at the time then too (Around 1879) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 IMMSC there was quite a bit of contoversy about it at the time then too (Around 1879) Maybe you meant 1978 - or 1987 - 1979 - or 1798 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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