On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:11:09 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>
> I just started reading a book about Attila the Hun, and the Huns, and it
> tells an interesting tale about the possible origins of Steak Tartare.
> I have to say that it made me wonder how anyone can eat it. According to
> the book, the Huns used to lay chunks of meat under their saddles,
> partly to cushion the horse's back. It picked up a lot of salt from the
> horse sweat. Eventually they would eat it.
> I may never again eat steak Tartare.

But after a week riding the steppe it'd be far more beef jerky than
steak tartar.

Matthew

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