and tonight's dinner ...

[Kcwhippet]

I had horse meat frequently when I was living in Paris back in the middle 70's. The first time I had it was with some friends at the company I was on loan to. They didn't tell me what it was until the meal was over, when they asked me how I liked the steak. I thought it was delicious, and after I got over the image of cutting into roast Trigger, I had it many times more, and thoroughly enjoyed it. A similar episode occurred when I was living in Taiwan in the early 80's. I was working in a small town south of Taipei for a few months and went up to Taipei for a week of R&R. Since I'd about had my fill of all that Chinese and Taiwanese food, I decided to try every Western style restaurant I could find. There was a great place that made terrific hamburgers, and I had my fill over that week. I found out from another American staying in my hotel that the fifty cent hamburgers weren't beef, because those would have cost about $5. Rather, they were dog meat, and I learned the Taiwanese actually raise dogs on little ranches for food because they're supposedly a good source of animal protein. Didn't have any more fifty centers after that. I would go for the horse in France again, though.