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TheManInTheMac

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25. So?

Reply to Whovian (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 09:53 PM

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Horse meat discovered in the world's hamburger supply [View all] Whovian Jan 2013 OP

The real shocker is that they found any actual meat in it jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

Indeed! +1 eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #7

Haha RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #43

That's why you go to the butcher. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #2

Glad to be a vegetarian! silverweb Jan 2013 #3

Same here. Glad I only eat veggie burgers. n/t RebelOne Jan 2013 #48

Suddenly Quinoa Burgers are actually sounding edible! Walk away Jan 2013 #4

LOL! I eat chips with a lot of quinoa in them. Whovian Jan 2013 #5

I actualy like quinoa in salads etc but I hate food pretending to be... Walk away Jan 2013 #38

This made the news about 30 yrs ago siligut Jan 2013 #6

DH and I used to go to a French restaurant that had Cleita Jan 2013 #22

Wilber! Stop! nt Walk away Jan 2013 #39

Shocked ... just shocked ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #8

Who knows.... jberryhill Jan 2013 #27

There is a "World Hamburger Supply"? solara Jan 2013 #9

Yeah, their headquarters is HappyMe Jan 2013 #12

Heehee solara Jan 2013 #31

And also near the World Sesame Seed campus pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #34

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk solara Jan 2013 #37

They don't say what portion was roaches, worms, maggots, rats etc. lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #10

If you are going to eat meat, what difference does it make? nobodyspecial Jan 2013 #11

My subjective list of animals by value. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #28

Horsemeat is taboo for Catholics? Retrograde Jan 2013 #13

Also 12 years in Catholic schools. Never heard that Catholics can't eat horse meat Squinch Jan 2013 #14

"Horsemeat is tastier IMHO than cow" Wednesdays Jan 2013 #18

Pope Gregory III equated it with pagan practices. (2nd edit) Cerridwen Jan 2013 #24

And Gregory XVI banned railroads in the Papal States Retrograde Jan 2013 #33

I was pointing out the source. Cerridwen Jan 2013 #47

It originated in the times when pagans sacrificed horses and ate the meat. KitSileya Jan 2013 #46

Capitalism has gone mad malaise Jan 2013 #15

Great Brittan? KamaAina Jan 2013 #16

No such edict against horsemeat in Catholicism. Has the writer not been to France? WinkyDink Jan 2013 #17

I remember as a kid a tale I heard Separation Jan 2013 #19

A SoCal Bob's Big Boy got busted for it in the '60s pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #23

Contaminated? Kalidurga Jan 2013 #20

Really.... jberryhill Jan 2013 #26

Ha ha that's what I was thinking nt. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #32

I grind my own. I just hope that the chunk of beef I buy is really Cleita Jan 2013 #21

soylent green! DonRedwood Jan 2013 #30

So? TheManInTheMac Jan 2013 #25

I have had horse meat many times MattBaggins Jan 2013 #35

I don't remember having any, but I understand it was quite common in the US TheManInTheMac Jan 2013 #49

But the mainstream media has been saying they just found "horse DNA'...they made it sound like DonRedwood Jan 2013 #29

Better than pink slime. Iggo Jan 2013 #36

The only surprising piece in the section posted above mrs_p Jan 2013 #40

In 1982 horse meat was found in the US Navy's food supply in New England..... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #41

What difference does it even make RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #42

... littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #44

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