Horse DNA found in supermarket beef burgers, retailers reining in faulty batches - Polidicks

Horse meat is really good.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;39230784]TL:DR : I'd totally eat Horse Steak.[/QUOTE] Do it. It's [I]so[/I] good. There's this one dish I tried where they flash fried it, and it was literally like a foodgasm.

Sort of related but horse used to be a popular meat and in the 40's and 50's it was a replacement for beef steaks. [editline]16th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=TaniaTiger;39235963]Come on, has any one ever eaten a burger and fully trusted what's in it? I sure haven't, doesn't put me eating them though... much.[/QUOTE] If you're buying cheap shitty premade and cooked ones yeah if you are actually getting proper beef patties then its supposed to be beef mince formed into a patty. In fact the job is so easy to do I just make my own, same with meatballs. [editline]16th January 2013[/editline] this is kinda why we have food standards in place to stop people putting random junk in things to increase profits.

[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;39235963]Come on, has any one ever eaten a burger and fully trusted what's in it? I sure haven't, doesn't put me eating them though... much.[/QUOTE] To be honest, you can only be entirely sure of what's in your meat if you've raised the animal from birth, slaughtered it and butchered it yourself. [QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;39236141]Do it. It's [I]so[/I] good. There's this one dish I tried where they flash fried it, and it was literally like a foodgasm.[/QUOTE] I would but the bastards always seem to know what I'm up to and run off, maybe it's the big butcher knife, or the blood spattered apron.

I don't care, horse is fucking delicious.

[QUOTE=Vasili;39236201]if you are actually getting proper beef patties then its supposed to be beef mince formed into a patty. In fact the job is so easy to do I just make my own, same with meatballs[/QUOTE] I always go to the best butcher in town to buy any meat. And for burgers I just buy semi-lean ground beer and form it in patties and cook, best stuff you can do.

[QUOTE=GunFox;39231783]That is fucked up. You don't eat service animals. Dogs, cats, horses, and we even specifically differentiate service cattle under the name "oxen" despite there being absolutely no difference other than the fact that they perform labor for us. They generally get to pass up landing on our dinner plate because they work for us.[/QUOTE] Meat is meat, as long as it isn't people or something sickening like some space whale or someones dog, or an endangered species, and the animal died quickly and painlessly, why should I give a fuck. And cats are useless... sorry. I have a cat but, really, there is no work use for cats other than "being cute". If I had to, in a survival situation, and my horse was dying, I would end its life and use it to survive. Though, that's a very different scenario.

My missus just ate one of these horse burgers, she's been rushed into hospital. Don't worry though, she's stable.

[QUOTE=J!NX;39238327]Meat is meat, as long as it isn't people or something sickening like some space whale or someones dog, or an endangered species, and the animal died quickly and painlessly, why should I give a fuck. [B]And cats are useless... sorry. I have a cat but, really, there is no work use for cats other than "being cute". [/B] If I had to, in a survival situation, and my horse was dying, I would end its life and use it to survive. Though, that's a very different scenario.[/QUOTE] Pest control?

[QUOTE=J!NX;39238327]Meat is meat, as long as it isn't people or something sickening like some space whale or someones dog, or an endangered species, and the animal died quickly and painlessly, why should I give a fuck. And cats are useless... sorry. I have a cat but, really, there is no work use for cats other than "being cute". If I had to, in a survival situation, and my horse was dying, I would end its life and use it to survive. Though, that's a very different scenario.[/QUOTE] cats catch mice and other vermin

Last night was the first time I had a beef burger from Tesco in a long time, woke up this morning and it's on the news that I possibly ate horse. Whatever, it was tasty.

Here in Belgium there are horse sausages, meat etc. sold in regular shops next to other meat. If you wouldn't look at the label, it looks almost identical. People seem to buy and like it. I don't see a problem.

[QUOTE=JoonazL;39239543]Pest control?[/QUOTE] Fair, though, if its not used for pests, I can't really think of much else. Plus couldn't you train a dog to do the same? Albeit, not nearly as effective.

nah you guys don't buy them for the farm purpose you buy them because they're cute. Honestly. The reason we often don't eat horses is because it grew as a taboo because horses are seen as a friend of man, like dogs, and a labor animal.

i was wondering why my burger looked a little funny [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/cricket50/tesco_zpsbad479ed.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=GunFox;39231783]That is fucked up. You don't eat service animals. Dogs, cats, horses, and we even specifically differentiate service cattle under the name "oxen" despite there being absolutely no difference other than the fact that they perform labor for us. They generally get to pass up landing on our dinner plate because they work for us.[/QUOTE] Just because we picked out some animals to use for labour and keep as pets doesn't mean its immoral to eat them, sure some people think dog, cat and hell even [B]pigeon[/B] (which trust me, tastes fucking [I]amazing[/I] when slow cooked and banged into a pie) isn't right but that's only because they've been brought up with the modern attitude that we only eat meat from certain animals which are bread specifically for that. Meat is meat to me, sure I wouldn't eat someones pet but if they bred and raised it for slaughter it wouldn't bother me at all. It's no different to a pig or cow. [QUOTE=Yahnich;39233160]and then slowly everyone gets prion disease (it spreads by ingesting meat contaminated with it, now imagine if everyone starts eating human meat)[/QUOTE] There's more than just prion disease to worry about, cannibalism has a massive range of dangers considering whatever toxins they had would be passed onto you and the human body is very good at collecting them without you knowing.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;39230784]The only real problme I have is with the false advertising, because seriously, arbitrarily deciding that one kind of animal flesh is wrong and another kind of animal flesh is right is, quite frankly pathetic: TL:DR : I'd totally eat Horse Steak.[/QUOTE] Aye; even though I'm no Dunmer, I'd consider eating horse if it was affordable. Also, it'd need to be free-range, from a horse that has lived a good life, since free-range is always better from a moral standpoint; lamb isn't as morally-iffy as veal is, for example, and free-range chicken weighs less heavily on the heart than battery chicken.

I personally wouldn't mind a bit of horse in my burger

I'd imagine horse steak would be extremely tough considering they have beast muscle for all that horse power.

[QUOTE=GunFox;39231783]That is fucked up. You don't eat service animals. Dogs, cats, horses, and we even specifically differentiate service cattle under the name "oxen" despite there being absolutely no difference other than the fact that they perform labor for us. They generally get to pass up landing on our dinner plate because they work for us.[/QUOTE] Oh, you will eat your cats and dogs if you are hungry enough. Although I hope the need to eat your cat never arises for you.

See? Horse is very tasteful. Whats wrong?

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;39230784]The only real problme I have is with the false advertising, because seriously, arbitrarily deciding that one kind of animal flesh is wrong and another kind of animal flesh is right is, quite frankly pathetic: TL:DR : I'd totally eat Horse Steak.[/QUOTE] this, if the meat was toxic somehow I'd understand an uproar but people just need to stop whining

I've actually eaten horse before in France and it was very nice.

The only person I know who has stated how "wrong and immoral" it is to eat horse, owns one. It seems like nobody really gives a fuck about the whole thing. I understand people being annoyed at eating wrongly labelled meat, but generally speaking, most people don't care that horse meat was being eaten. Personally, I hope this whole thing brings it into the stores. So long as the numbers of an animal aren't threatened, and they're slaughtered humanely, I don't see why [I]any[/I] animal should be off the menu.

I lived at a farm and horse meat is pretty good. Especially young horse meat, but then again any young animal meat is damn good. They should start selling horse burgers.

[QUOTE=Tea Guy;39249932]I'd imagine horse steak would be extremely tough considering they have beast muscle for all that horse power.[/QUOTE] I figure it as a very tough yet smooth meat, that's very tender and very protein happy.

[QUOTE=GunFox;39231783]That is fucked up. You don't eat service animals. Dogs, cats, horses, and we even specifically differentiate service cattle under the name "oxen" despite there being absolutely no difference other than the fact that they perform labor for us. They generally get to pass up landing on our dinner plate because they work for us.[/QUOTE] People have been eating horse meat for some time now. And you really think that's a bad thing?

[QUOTE=GunFox;39231783]That is fucked up. You don't eat service animals. Dogs, cats, horses, and we even specifically differentiate service cattle under the name "oxen" despite there being absolutely no difference other than the fact that they perform labor for us. They generally get to pass up landing on our dinner plate because they work for us.[/QUOTE] That is so stupid. They work their time and then get eaten. Especially oxen. Can't let all that muscle go to waste.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;39254775]That is so stupid. [B]They work their time and then get eaten.[/B] Especially oxen. Can't let all that muscle go to waste.[/QUOTE] What's wrong with getting a reprieve from consumption because they worked their worth while alive? It's not like the West is suffering from food shortages.

Horse meat is delicious and cheaper than beef because most don't want to eat it (omigud dem poor horsees not buyin dis :( :( :( ) [img]http://www.cheval.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Steak_Cheval_DC_t.800.jpg[/img] It's juicy, tender and tastes better than beef, I almost entirely replaced my weekly beef steak by a horse steak. Due to the price I can even eat meat twice a week, ain't that great? Horses, love 'em as friends, love 'em as edibles.