tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post7038935860669915518..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Obama Administration Lifts Horse-Slaughter BanChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-90948661283449969612011-12-06T09:30:53.331-07:002011-12-06T09:30:53.331-07:00"Perhaps we should hunt them instead."
..."Perhaps we should hunt them instead."<br /><br />Now that would truly be the "Paleo diet," come to think of it.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-43045763081528862262011-12-06T09:08:57.346-07:002011-12-06T09:08:57.346-07:00“Americans don’t eat horses, and don’t want them b...“Americans don’t eat horses, and don’t want them butchered and shrink-wrapped and sent to France or Japan as a delicacy.”<br /><br />Perhaps we should hunt them instead.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-10793627781083524612011-12-04T20:11:04.310-07:002011-12-04T20:11:04.310-07:00Top saga.
I love horses but for goodness sake, th...Top saga.<br /><br />I love horses but for goodness sake, their meat tastes alright.<br /><br />Bushwacker -- thanks for the black pudding reminder...LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-29284399989875633602011-12-03T13:53:26.122-07:002011-12-03T13:53:26.122-07:00I was going to chip in by saying just how good eat...I was going to chip in by saying just how good eating horse is, and their blood makes the most amazing black pudding, but I'm totally distracted by Peculiars saga knowledge! <br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-27165418589006264982011-12-02T13:33:30.795-07:002011-12-02T13:33:30.795-07:00Found it, in the bit where Skarp-
Hedin goes aroun...Found it, in the bit where Skarp-<br />Hedin goes around insulting everybody:<br /><br />"'Who is that big, baleful man, fifth in the line, the one with the pale, sharp, ill-starred, evil look?'<br /><br />'I am called Skarp-Hedin,' he replied, 'and you have no cause to pick on me, an innocent man, with your insults. At least I have never threatened my own father's life, as you once did. You have rarely attended the Althing or taken part in lawsuits, and you must feel more at home milking the cows at Oxarriver with your scanty household. You would be better employed picking out of your teeth the bits of mare's arse you at before you came here - your shepherd saw you at it, and was amazed at such disgusting behavior.'<br /><br />Thorkel sprang to his feet in fury and snatched up his short-sword. 'This is the sword I got in Sweden,' he said. 'I killed a great warrior to get it, and since then I have used it to kill many more. And when I get at you I shall run you through with it and pay you back for your obscene insults.'"<br /><br />Njal's Saga, Chapter 120, trans. Magnusson and Palsson<br /><br />But it's all only a build-up to the one where everything really hits the fan: "'...you are, as I have heard, the mistress of the Svinafell Troll, who uses you as a woman every ninth night.'"Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-4137146209890751392011-12-01T19:22:17.921-07:002011-12-01T19:22:17.921-07:00Peculiar, a citation, please!Peculiar, a citation, please!Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-45302322501976543772011-12-01T19:20:19.966-07:002011-12-01T19:20:19.966-07:00Janeen, the taboo is so strong, as you probably kn...Janeen, the taboo is so strong, as you probably know. Consider this response to the bill: <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69542.html" rel="nofollow">Obama "abandoned the horses"</a>.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-19583938675414521082011-12-01T18:14:05.999-07:002011-12-01T18:14:05.999-07:00Always makes me think of Medieval Iceland, where s...Always makes me think of Medieval Iceland, where some parts of the country kept eating horse as their pagan ancestors did, while in other parts it became taboo post-Christianity. It's slipping my mind at the moment which saga contains the fighting words "picking mare's ass out of your teeth."Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-29279830475815488622011-12-01T17:22:06.522-07:002011-12-01T17:22:06.522-07:00It seems a lot more respectful to me to use the me...It seems a lot more respectful to me to use the meat of unwanted or unneeded animals than to throw it away. If there's no human market for horse meat in the US, I'm sure it could be used in food for pets or exotic animals (like French people).Janeenhttp://smartdogs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com