There has been a lot of coverage lately in the news about horse meat found in burgers and other beef products being sold in the UK. People are horrified. Products are being removed from sale and there is just generally a big scandal.
From the news I've read (which includes many sources) I'm beginning to think that someone in those companies knew exactly what they were sending out to the supermarket shelves. I mean come on, some companies will stop at nothing to turn a huge profit. This has been a universal truth since the dawn of time. They do their own fucking tests as well as the FSA (Food Standards Agency) and this wasn't picked up? Just how long has it been going on? Well if you believe some papers, probably years!
But here's a question - Am I the only one that really doest give a fuck about this?
I am more bothered about the shit they put in our food that we don't know about. If they can get away with sticking horse meat into our burgers and frozen lasagnes then what the hell else is in there?
I think the question that isn't being asked and really should be is, where are these horses coming from? Are they cared for properly? Are they slaughtered properly? Are they old horses that have come to the end of their blissful life of trotting round a lush field for the last 10 years or are they animals that were purely reared for their meat?
I mean come on people, you're cramming Burger King and frozen lasagnes down your throat for fuck sake, neither of them have any natural nutritional value, it all has to be added artificially and you're crying coz there's horse meat in them? Well it must've tasted fine or you wouldn't have fucking eaten it!
Horse meat isn't a a bad meat or an illegal meat. The French eat it (ok, maybe not the best example coz the French people I know personally will eat anything!) but it is a recognised food substance. I mean come on, really, are you just getting pissy coz horses are cute and you ride them at fairs and watched too much black beauty as a kid?
The same shit happened with rabbit. Rabbit was a very huge part of the staple diet here in England at one time and I'm sure that was true of the rest of the world. Rabbit is a great meat, its low fat and it pretty much takes care of itself as an animal. They're wild and they breed like, well, rabbits! There is always tons of the little fuckers about. But suddenly they become pets and appear on Easter cards and now no one will eat them. Personally I blame Bugs Bunny. (I would've had no problem eating him, annoying little shit)
For me all this argument should be about is the safety of the meat used and the welfare of the animal. Period. Besides, come the zombie apocalypse, we will all be eating rat burgers eventually anyways.
