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Page 88
... horsemeat ? Horsemeat is redder than beef , but Americans like red meat . Horsemeat is sweeter than beef , but would that bother people who dump sweetened ketchup and steak sauce on their T - bones and sirloins ? As for texture , horsemeat ...
... horsemeat ? Horsemeat is redder than beef , but Americans like red meat . Horsemeat is sweeter than beef , but would that bother people who dump sweetened ketchup and steak sauce on their T - bones and sirloins ? As for texture , horsemeat ...
Page 101
... horsemeat and horsemeat eaters expressed by the French aris- tocracy and many members of the bourgeoisie ( probably including people interested in protecting beef , lamb , and pork from a cheaper competitor , but I have no definite ...
... horsemeat and horsemeat eaters expressed by the French aris- tocracy and many members of the bourgeoisie ( probably including people interested in protecting beef , lamb , and pork from a cheaper competitor , but I have no definite ...
Page 107
... horsemeat for human consumption . These protests proved unnecessary because the price of horsemeat soon rose above the price of beef , removing the primary incentive for buying horsemeat . Even with horses reared at the expense of ...
... horsemeat for human consumption . These protests proved unnecessary because the price of horsemeat soon rose above the price of beef , removing the primary incentive for buying horsemeat . Even with horses reared at the expense of ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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