Fisheruk Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Do I know whether I have eaten horse or beef I don't think so. I only want to be sure it's not laced with antibiotics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I've got no problem at all in eating horse, Atleast then the bloody things would be useful! What I do have a problem with is the lack of traceability and knowledge of what's in my food. The British farmers have had very tight restrictions placed on them at great expense, but the meat processors are adding all this foreign, untraceable, rubbish to the meat and still selling it as beef and British beef. It makes a mockery of the efforts of the British farmer. We should be buying direct from the butcher to know what we are eating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Probably not but the fact it as horse drugs in it makes me angry , somebody should go to prison over this , I'm just glad I don't eat that cheap rubbish food , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxus77 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) eaten horse many a time in france and no issue for me other than these manufacturers have been unsure of supply chain or ignoring it, the fact this meat could be full of 'Bute' etc is the concerning part. strange thing is if it was sold as horse in UK it probably would have higher price tag than beef i dont eat ready meals though so i should be ok Edited February 8, 2013 by maxus77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I've got no problem at all in eating horse, Atleast then the bloody things would be useful! What I do have a problem with is the lack of traceability and knowledge of what's in my food. The British farmers have had very tight restrictions placed on them at great expense, but the meat processors are adding all this foreign, untraceable, rubbish to the meat and still selling it as beef and British beef. It makes a mockery of the efforts of the British farmer. We should be buying direct from the butcher to know what we are eating! I'm with you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Can you image the uproar and blockades at French ports etc if there was a similar fiasco with British producers passing products their way? Bring back "Buy British"!!! and you folks do it! Vive la neddy! Ps no problem with neddy on the plate but put it on the label too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I always have been a fan of bolog-neighs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besty57 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I always have been a fan of bolog-neighs! very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 in some press reports people are banging on about foreign horse meat, what do they think happens to a lot of british horses in the auctions. I bet they think they all go to riding stables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) Plenty from here in the New Forrest go straight to France from the auctions PS at ten quid for a horse someone is making money somewhere, wonder how many Findus ready meals you get from one New Forrest pony Edited February 8, 2013 by docholiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Plenty from here in the New Forrest go straight to France from the auctions PS at ten quid for a horse someone is making money somewhere, wonder how many Findus ready meals you get from one New Forrest pony we not going to know that now, the brits have eaten the evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Well Aldi now have a problem :-(( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) It is quite funny that the news and politicians are making such a fuss about all of this. These ready meals have been made from cheval supplied by meat merchants in France who source a lot of it here in the UK. It's cheap meat because we don’t eat it here and as such when companies like Findus and Tesco pressurize the food maker to cut the cost they get meat as cheap as possible. The politicians are to blame because they always support cheap food and commercial competition. What else do they expect? Fernley Wittingstall has got the right idea. He said that his spaniel liked them. Vive le Spaniel. Edited February 8, 2013 by fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 i have no issue with eating hose and have done, a friend brought me some steaks back from a booze cruise to france. to be honest i found it a bit sweet compared to the cow steaks im used to and as such wouldnt eat a horse steak again by choice if cow was available... but on saying that id prefer bambi over a cow anyway my one major gripe with the whole horse/beef thing and one im glad the retailers are getting the grief they are is the fact that the food was mislabeled. i know some see it as a minor thing and im guessing that in this case it is but for some people mislabeling can have medical implications, i have several food intolerance problems, dairy being a huge one (hence my avatar on here) and have been made very ill after eating a ready meal from iceland a year or so ago, i was violently ill lost a few days work and was ill for several weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Can't beat good home cooking. Using your own cheap cuts and a decent mincer will keep your own costs down and you know what you are eating. :-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 i work in a farm shop where we rear all our own animals with our burgers and home made meals we can trace all the meat we keep ear tags id numbers in fact all our animals have names we can tell our customers if they want to know the name of the animal that has gone into their burgers, last 2 weeks we have used West tip, Party politics, with shergar waiting in the winds colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 i work in a farm shop where we rear all our own animals with our burgers and home made meals we can trace all the meat we keep ear tags id numbers in fact all our animals have names we can tell our customers if they want to know the name of the animal that has gone into their burgers, last 2 weeks we have used West tip, Party politics, with shergar waiting in the winds colin Which sell best Colin lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 2 to 1 odds on shergar if i can find him colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 2 to 1 odds on shergar if i can find him colin Put me down for a kilo :-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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