Comments on: French gourmands: don't say "nay" to horsemeat http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ziggamorph http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1655678 Ziggamorph Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1655678 It's not a mislabelling, it's a massive international criminal conspiracy. It’s not a mislabelling, it’s a massive international criminal conspiracy.

]]> By: AllyPally http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1655540 AllyPally Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1655540 Typo in the headline. A gourmand is a glutton, which the people in the article clearly aren't. A gourmet is a connoisseur. Typo in the headline. A gourmand is a glutton, which the people in the article clearly aren’t. A gourmet is a connoisseur.

]]> By: carlogesualdodivenosa http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1655513 carlogesualdodivenosa Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1655513 From the UK: for a lot of people I think the main point is not that they didn't get what they thought they were getting, or even that there was large-scale fraud involved [anonymous horse meat being a hell of a lot cheaper than regulated beef], but that instead of getting meat from sources which are certified as fit for human consumption because they're subject to stringent safety regulations, they're getting meat from nobody-knows-where, in nobody-know-what-condition. My mother-in-law used to teach cooking: for years she's had an arrangement with a local farmer, such that every spring she takes delivery from the abattoir of half a cow, and we all spend that evening cutting, weighing, bagging & freezing it; it's a nasty job, but <i>much</i> cheaper than going to the butcher, and we know, down to the field, where our beef is coming from. From the UK: for a lot of people I think the main point is not that they didn’t get what they thought they were getting, or even that there was large-scale fraud involved [anonymous horse meat being a hell of a lot cheaper than regulated beef], but that instead of getting meat from sources which are certified as fit for human consumption because they’re subject to stringent safety regulations, they’re getting meat from nobody-knows-where, in nobody-know-what-condition.

My mother-in-law used to teach cooking: for years she’s had an arrangement with a local farmer, such that every spring she takes delivery from the abattoir of half a cow, and we all spend that evening cutting, weighing, bagging & freezing it; it’s a nasty job, but much cheaper than going to the butcher, and we know, down to the field, where our beef is coming from.

]]> By: disqus_F42m9Ppx3k http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1655507 disqus_F42m9Ppx3k Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1655507 Guess you missed the reports that Waitrose (upscale UK supermart) has just withdrawn their ownbrand beef meatballs because they contained pork. Oops, there goes the customer count in Finchley Road Waitrose...(Londoner joke.) Guess you missed the reports that Waitrose (upscale UK supermart) has just withdrawn their ownbrand beef meatballs because they contained pork. Oops, there goes the customer count in Finchley Road Waitrose…(Londoner joke.)

]]> By: Coal Miki-Restall http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1655380 Coal Miki-Restall Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1655380  Wouldn't say it tastes the same--closer to raw tuna, depending on the cut. Pretty darned tasty though!  Wouldn’t say it tastes the same–closer to raw tuna, depending on the cut. Pretty darned tasty though!

]]> By: Jurgen Westerhoff http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1655359 Jurgen Westerhoff Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1655359 Fun horse-meat fact: The dutch sell their old ponies to Japan, to substitute whale-sashimi. Apparently it tastes somewhat the same.  Fun horse-meat fact: The dutch sell their old ponies to Japan, to substitute whale-sashimi. Apparently it tastes somewhat the same. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1655087 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1655087 Why do you think that this is a news site? Why do you think that this is a news site?

]]> By: Joseph Aaron Scharfenberg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654921 Joseph Aaron Scharfenberg Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654921 Yeah, I gotta say, the main point of the controversy (and I said that in my head in the proper British pronunciation even) is that the horse meat got labelled as beef, not that it was horse meat in the first place (though that's a minor controversy in its own right, since the British think of themselves as "above" eating horse, though they have nothing against racing them). Yeah, I gotta say, the main point of the controversy (and I said that in my head in the proper British pronunciation even) is that the horse meat got labelled as beef, not that it was horse meat in the first place (though that’s a minor controversy in its own right, since the British think of themselves as “above” eating horse, though they have nothing against racing them).

]]> By: Andrea http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654860 Andrea Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654860  I guess it's more about the outrage surrounding the news. Pork masquerading as beef would get some press (as it should), but there's added outrage because so many people associate eating horsemeat with being desperately poor or a barbarian.  I guess it’s more about the outrage surrounding the news. Pork masquerading as beef would get some press (as it should), but there’s added outrage because so many people associate eating horsemeat with being desperately poor or a barbarian.

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654697 Cameron Postelwait Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654697 i think its pretty newsworthy considering how much horse meat has simply been in the news lately (UK horse meat scandal). i think its pretty newsworthy considering how much horse meat has simply been in the news lately (UK horse meat scandal).

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654678 GawainLavers Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654678 I guess the point is that we've been hearing much made about the difference between English and French attitudes to horse meat, as background on why the flap over mislabeled lasagna in the UK is being met with more indignation that simple mislabelling.  The article, however, is suggesting that horse meat has fallen somewhat out of favor in France as well, so that adds a little richness to one's understanding of the reporting. But mostly it's just an excuse for Xeni to pass along an atrocious pun. I guess the point is that we’ve been hearing much made about the difference between English and French attitudes to horse meat, as background on why the flap over mislabeled lasagna in the UK is being met with more indignation that simple mislabelling.  The article, however, is suggesting that horse meat has fallen somewhat out of favor in France as well, so that adds a little richness to one’s understanding of the reporting.

But mostly it’s just an excuse for Xeni to pass along an atrocious pun.

]]> By: eldritch http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654665 eldritch Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654665 You'd be surprised what the French ate during the various seiges of Paris, particularly during the Franco-Prussian War. You’d be surprised what the French ate during the various seiges of Paris, particularly during the Franco-Prussian War.

]]> By: Fantome_NR http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654663 Fantome_NR Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654663 Yes exactly. What this has to do with Boucherie Chevaline in France is beyond me. Yes exactly. What this has to do with Boucherie Chevaline in France is beyond me.

]]> By: Fantome_NR http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654659 Fantome_NR Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654659 I read about the horse meat in lasagna story last week. I understand the problem is with the UK's food inspection and labeling standards. I don't understand what that has to do with legitimate consumption of horse meat, by the French or otherwise. I read about the horse meat in lasagna story last week. I understand the problem is with the UK’s food inspection and labeling standards. I don’t understand what that has to do with legitimate consumption of horse meat, by the French or otherwise.

]]> By: Fantome_NR http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654656 Fantome_NR Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654656 I clicked, I found nothing newsworthy. I clicked, I found nothing newsworthy.

]]> By: Jangocat http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654649 Jangocat Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654649 The point isn't whether horse meat is delicious or nutritious. The point is people have the right to know what they're eating, and to get what they think they are buying. The point isn’t whether horse meat is delicious or nutritious. The point is people have the right to know what they’re eating, and to get what they think they are buying.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654638 Xeni Jardin Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654638 Click and ye shall find. Click and ye shall find.

]]> By: freshyill http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654639 freshyill Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654639 You missed this? http://www.businessinsider.com/horse-meat-lasagna-romania-mafia-link-2013-2 You missed this? http://www.businessinsider.com/horse-meat-lasagna-romania-mafia-link-2013-2

]]> By: Fantome_NR http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/french-gourmands-dont-say.html#comment-1654622 Fantome_NR Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212707#comment-1654622 why is this news? why is this news?

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