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The English. Fussy eaters who will happily chomp on cows, sheep, pigs, and birds, but who pale at the thought of eating horsemeat. Unfortunately, it appears that we in the UK have been eating horse by mistake for some time now.
While there has been an outpouring of disgust that we've been hoodwinked
into munching on Frankel Bolognese and Kauto burgers, the hysterical headlines have also prompted some culinary mavericks to tell us that horse, in fact, tastes lovely.
So, why not have the best of both worlds? Horse flavoured crisps which contain horse flavourings but absolutely no actual horse. They could be shaped like horses, too.
Hedgehog flavour crisps
http://www.childoft...g-flavoured-crisps/
[calum, Feb 13 2013]
Relating to the discussion of English food
http://www.youtube....watch?v=xdo79znnHl8
I don't really see why the world thinks we have bland food. [TomP, Feb 13 2013]
White horse of nantoka
http://www.hows.org...figs/uff/uffair.jpg
[not_morrison_rm, Feb 14 2013]
[link]
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+ OK, but as long as they don't smell like the stable. (can they packed in grain sacks, too?)
Tally-Ho! |
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Of course, in America, they would become known as
horse chips, adding some element of confusion and
making us wonder if the UK economy is in sadder
shape than we suspected... |
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english food? speaking from experience Ray? |
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//eating horse flavored chips is just as hypocritical
as...// |
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Aww, c'mon. SOHF? We had hedgehog flavoured
crisps here for quite a while (probably still do). And
no, I wouldn't choose to eat a horse. |
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You can get away from the [m-f-d] by putting it in the food:shape category. just sayin' [21] is right about flavours. I forgot about that.
[po] Whether it is a misconception or just an American generalization, we are told that English food is boring. I would never expound on something I know nothing about. In fact I think that bangers and mash sounds exciting! |
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Mostly tongue-in-cheek on a well-worn meme. I've
jaunted over to England once or twice, and my
experience of the food is at least better than
Midwestern cuisine, not that that's saying much. |
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Stop Press: Not every food outlet in England is the same. |
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Bah. It's all fish and chips with a side of haggis and pudding and you know it. |
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[Fishrat], your premise is incorrect. If your countrymen buy one product, but are given another, of unknown origin, are they all OK with that? |
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Anyhow, I like a nice Shergar Burger with a nice bit of horseradish |
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England has a very good national cuisine. Indian. |
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I'm not saying England hasn't contributed anything
the gourmet food category and I'm definitely not
saying that there aren't very good restaurants in
the
country, but the national cuisine does tend
towards
the bland and simple. It's a style that's found
across much of northern Europe, although I would
argue that the Germans at least do better at
sausages. |
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Please note that I'm not going to give "traditional"
American cuisine a much better recommendation.
The only thing that gives us a lead is a the polyglot
nature of the country that results in a much wider
base. |
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Man walks into a bar: Have you got any helicopter
flavour crisps? |
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//England has a very good national cuisine. Indian.// Hahahahahahaha |
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[21Q], I'm not sure horsemeat is banned in the uk. I think that it has to be reared correctly though to avoid the health issues you outline. |
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Personally, I don't agree that objecting to the consumption of horse meat but eating horse flavored chips is hypocritical at all. Objecting to the morality of an idea but [MFD]ing it on the grounds of flavour, however... well that's an altogether different kettle of fishbones. |
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//Eating them is seen by many, myself included, as a betrayal of the bond they share with us// Me too, incidentally. |
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//Stop Press: Not every food outlet in England is
the same.// |
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The thing about England is that food is not part of
the culture in the way it is in, say, Italy or France.
England has some of the best traditional and
innovative restaurants in the world, and also has a
huge number of superb artisanal foodmakers. Yet
appreciating good food is seen as a bit of an odd
hobby rather than being taken for granted. |
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I have never understood why this is so, and why
the majority of English people seem to eat out of
necessity rather than enjoyment. |
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Okay, I'm sorry. I'm yanking your lead rein, but disagreeing with something isn't really a reason to MFD it either. Show me an idea in this place that *wasn't* designed to be disagreed with, and I'll show you someone who doesn't understand the halfbakery. |
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Let me put the case for why I think you shouldn't MFD this idea: you shouldn't MFD this idea because it's more than the invention of a flavour. If an idea is soley to invent a new flavour or recipe then it should be MFD'd. If creating a new flavour is incidental to the idea, then it should not. |
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The idea here, in a nutshell, is to exploit a marketing opportunity by capitalising on the macabre fascination that seems to have swept through the UK over the past couple of weeks, namely the growing realisation that consumers may have unwittingly eaten horsemeat, something which many will find abhorent. |
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It is also to create a product, in this case a horse shaped horse flavoured crisp which contains no horse, in order to create conversation, to satirise, and to blood let on a topic which people find uncomfortable and emotive. Maybe like the conversation we're having now. |
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The idea is not the product. The idea is the creation of the product. But hey (hay?) - it's an idea of the moment so if it disappears in a week, maybe that's fine too. |
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//Show me an idea in this place that *wasn't* designed to be disagreed with, and I'll show you someone who doesn't understand the halfbakery.// |
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great, another thing I don't understand... |
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Seriously, I've found that posting viable ideas on the halfbakery is an excellent way to see them made a reality even if I'm not the guy who gets to profit from them. |
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Probably pretty good with mustard and sauerkraut. |
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....Breaking News....Findus in sponsorship deal with National Trust. Findus gets to use the White Horse of Uffington as a huge advert for their lasagne range.. |
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There were horses roaming around Uffington Castle when
I was there. |
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hmm... [mfe] instead of mfd: in a month or two it will just be "flavour" instead of a socially relevant cutting riposte to current world events. |
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Are you sure they weren't dragons, [ub]? |
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//For one thing, horses aren't raised as livestock, so the medicines and other injections they're given throughout their lives aren't required to comply with FDA regulations. |
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Neither is that wild deer that just got shot for venison, or that fish that got caught in the ship's nets, to be boring and pedantic. I hope you don't bridle at that.. |
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//Neither is that wild deer that just got shot for
venison// |
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That's a bit of a specious argument. There's a huge
difference between an animal that hasn't been cared
for, and one that's been cared for appropriately for
food use, and one that's been cared for without
regard for food use. |
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specious is my middle name. |
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Actually, you're right, I read that bit incorrectly. Mea culpa etc. |
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What I want to know is what part of the horse is the
'radish' ? |
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Please don't saddle us with such talk. |
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The anti-horsemeat lobby has certainly got the bit
between its teeth now. Sadly, I think they need to rein in
their rhetoric a little. Millions of horses are bred for the
table, around the world. |
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However, the fact you've bought ready-made, frozen
meals is an indictment in itself, of your cupidity. |
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//However, the fact you've bought ready-made,
frozen meals is an indictment in itself, of your
cupidity.// |
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Yes, I expect your right. No doubt when Australia
develops freezer technology you will use it much
more wisely, in that wise Australian manner. |
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Oddly, it was James Harrison, in Australia, who invented
mobile freezer technology in the late 1800s, to allow fresh
beef and lamb meat to be transported by ship to the UK.
(It was a 6 week trip by fast ship, back then) |
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Prior to that I assume your lot ate horses or each other,
what with scrapie and BSE rampant in your ruminant
herds. |
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Ah yes, James 'Wallaburger' Harrison. |
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[Max], you need to stop drinking your own douchewater,
mate. |
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You're right. It's scarcely better than Fosters. |
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[marked-for-expiry] or an explanatory note. |
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