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Franker65

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7. He should be punished for lying to his customers

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Mon Feb 18, 2013, 10:24 AM

Feb 2013

63 years? He should have been honest to his customers. I'm sure much of his clients will avoid the place from now on.

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Amsterdam steakhouse boss admits selling horse for 63 years [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP

Isn't horse meat kind of tough? htuttle Feb 2013 #1

He must have had a great marinade. It can make anything tender. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #2

Depends upon how it is raised. Any meat can have more fat in it. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #4

You "don't know how to feel"?!?! THIS WAS CRIMINAL FRAUD. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #6

You're right, it is fraud. My feelings are around beef versus horse. I don't eat much of either, bluestate10 Feb 2013 #12

No - I have had horse meat just as tender as any beef. nt hack89 Feb 2013 #17

"Horse...it's whats for dinner..." Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #27

My sentiment exactly! ... pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #36

It's a mistake to eat beef in Europe jeanmarc Feb 2013 #3

I have learned to not eat american or mexican standards anywhere in the world except bluestate10 Feb 2013 #5

He should be punished for lying to his customers Franker65 Feb 2013 #7

I think he is out of business. There would have been a market for horse steaks and burgers, bluestate10 Feb 2013 #13

I don't like the lying.....but why all the fuss about people eating horse meat all of a sudden?? cbdo2007 Feb 2013 #8

Well, Tien1985 Feb 2013 #9

You would have to eat a huge amount of horsemeat to get a significant dose of bute FarCenter Feb 2013 #20

I somewhat accept Tien1985 Feb 2013 #21

Veterinary drugs carry recommendations about suitability for food animals and time to withdraw FarCenter Feb 2013 #43

There is probably lots of contamination in food. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #15

Ray Comfort recently had a FB post Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #10

I used to live down the street from a horse meat butcher in largely Roman Catholic Italy. MADem Feb 2013 #28

I didn't realize there were Judeo-Christian values about what meat to eat. marybourg Feb 2013 #33

and pork and shrimp d_r Feb 2013 #35

So, "South American Beef" is a euphemism for "horse meat"? Hugin Feb 2013 #11

What amazes me is no one realized it in 63 years treestar Feb 2013 #14

The place was wildly popular and pricey. Many people likely went there for the reputation bluestate10 Feb 2013 #16

I'm fairly sure I couldn't either treestar Feb 2013 #42

However, after having a steak, a few patrons did remark about... Javaman Feb 2013 #18

Sadly, they were shunned as neighsayers pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #22

*groan* dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #41

Wild Mustang formercia Feb 2013 #19

My father was in WWI in France. He said at one point they were cut off from supplies and they Cleita Feb 2013 #23

I've heard that about domesticated animals AgingAmerican Feb 2013 #25

I wouldn't eat at a Steakhorse CreekDog Feb 2013 #24

So the question is this.. Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #26

Oh, great. Now where can you get a good filly cheesesteak in Amsterdam? Orrex Feb 2013 #29

Try the racetrack after the early races pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #30

Sounds like a stable supply. Orrex Feb 2013 #31

I'm tempted to respond--but I don't want to be a nag. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #32

horse is better for you than beef anyway datasuspect Feb 2013 #34

No way! When I eat horse, an hour later I have to pee like a...well, you know pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #38

The menu offers "horse fillet steak" Go Vols Feb 2013 #37

Thank you. Yes it does... TeeYiYi Feb 2013 #39

Today's Special - Mr. Ed Fillet Yavin4 Feb 2013 #40