A horse of a different colour

Posted On: February 8, 2010 – 4:15 pm

It’s strange that many of us, when confronted by a tough piece of meat or unpalatable processed salami type of product, are inclined to dismiss it as “Tasting of bloody horsemeat”, strange because I’m sure many of us haven’t ever tasted horsemeat. I know I haven’t and to be perfectly truthful I have no desire to. As far as I am concerned horses should be galloping round race tracks or cantering along sunset beaches, not sizzling on the griddle waiting to be anointed with garlic butter. Of course up to now I’ve always been happy to blame the French for trying popularise the consumption of one of man’s favourite quadrapeds, I’ve found it expedient to blame the French for a lot of things and rather bizarrely no-one seems to rush to their defence on any matter but it seems I may have been mistaken because Italy is the largest consumer of horsemeat in Europe with more than 48,000 metric tonnes eaten every year and it is a common dish among youngsters because of its high iron content. Now I can only presume that they stick it in the salamis because I’ve never heard of…

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