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That horse meat "scandal" also hit Netherland, which surprised me. Well, selling horse meat as beef is obviously misleading, but a lot of people seemed to be up
by mcv 4y ago
That horse meat "scandal" also hit Netherland, which surprised me. Well, selling horse meat as beef is obviously misleading, but a lot of people seemed to be upset about the very notion of eating horse meat, which is the part that surprised me. I still remember that when I was a kid, my parents would often buy smoked horse meat. It seems to be less common these days. I guess some people aren't familiar with it and therefore see it as weird or unnatural?
Then again, my wife is horrified by the idea of rabbit meat.
- k__ 4y agoDon't get this either. We have a horse butcher here in the city whoms unique selling point is just that, selling horse meat. Nobody cares, really.
- aliraheem 4y ago> I guess some people aren't familiar with it and therefore see it as weird or unnatural? I think this is part of it, but there seems to be an amplifying effect where the social context - people being upset about mislabelled food leads to people feeling stronger about their otherwise small objection. It's almost like because of the social pressure people know they are angry but not too sure why, and they end up ascribing all that angry to whatever reason they can think of. Had they been introduced to the idea of eating horse meat at a jovial bistro in the Swiss countryside they would be primed to enjoy it.