Re: CHAT Horsefeathers (was: Re: Sapir-WhorFreakiness)

Andreas wrote:
...does not tend to provoke the kneejerk
> antipathy that suggesting eating, say, dog does.
I think I've mentioned that I passed up the opportunity to dine on dog. We
were up in a tribal area (Toraja), and the son of our guest-house lady came
up and "Psst, mau makan anjing?" It turned out the natives were have a feast
somewhere.  Unfortunately we'd just returned from a more than adequate meal
at a Chinese lady's house.
>
> One time I was surprised to find that a food contained horse was with the
> Scouts; we we're eating hot dogs that one of the leaders had bought
> somewhere,
> and I, for whatever reason, looked at the package, and so that they were
> made
> of a mix of pork and horse meat (as well as the other things you prefer
> not to
> think about when you eat cheap industrially produced sausages).
Well, as I said, garlic, onion and spices....
That's why I always buy kosher hot dogs.  As their ads say, "We have to
answer to a higher authority."

A friend of mine used to be book-keeper at the local turkey processing
plant.....after one visit to the factory floor, she refused ever to visit it
again. (That job didn't last long.)