What’s in a name (continued)….
The European horse meat scandal has now spread to the United States, but with a twist. In Europe, they’ve discovered that some brands of prepared beef dishes actually have been using horse meat. Actually, there is some history of the use of horse meat there; sauerbraten, for instance, technically should be made using it and our aversion to its use is based in culture, not really nutrition.
Still, in the United States, it’s illegal to serve horse meat but in California, a local tv station has discovered horse meat is being exported.
What the story doesn’t point out, is that it would be easy….and profitable….for a foreign supplier to turn this around and ship it right back into the US burger supply. Much of what is sold at local stores…and fast food restaurants…is a burger concoction using all sorts of scraps ground in from foreign sources.
Burger King recently discovered it had received horse meat from one of its suppliers and has started dna-testing its meat.
The answer to all this need we point out is: eat local; know your farmer.