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

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> I should have been explicit - I normally _don't_ read labels. The fact
> that I've seen that things have contained horse meat a few times when
> I've actually checked suggests it's fairly common. Things might of
> course be different across the Pond.
Cat and dog food in the U.S. commonly does contain horsemeat, but
even there it is not openly proclaimed on the label: rather, the
expression "meat by-products" is used.  This refers to whatever is
left over after one is done butchering an animal for the steaks,
chops, ham, or whatever is of interest -- but it does not specify
the type of animal.  Since horsemeat has no other market, and there
continues to be a supply of otherwise useless horses, this is
where it goes.

At one time it was fairly easy to find pet food that did not contain
"meat byproducts", but now it is almost always the first ingredient
mentioned on the label.

> Most of the girls refused to eat any more of it
This may perhaps be attributed to the well-known romantic feelings that
many teenage girls have about horses.

ObBizarre:  Pegasus had pinfeathers: true or false?  (O.v.W. Quine)

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