Miche wrote on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:21:27 +1300:

??>> In article >,
??>> enigma > wrote:
??>>
??>>> "Pete C." > wrote in
??>>> :
??>>
??>>>> read and separate the fact from the fiction. I hear
??>>>> horses are pretty tasty...
??>>>
??>>> they are, but in the US horses are "pets" & it's illegal
??>>> to eat them.
??>>
??>> I hear the French eat horsemeat. That's enough right
??>> there to put me off on it.

M> So do the Dutch.

I haven't knowingly eaten horse but I think if we can eat the
more intelligent pig we shouldn't worry. Pigs can be pets too,
especially Pot-bellied Pigs, but I don't think there any laws
about eating them. I remember a very friendly one in Lahaina,
Maui.



James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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