Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:12 pm  

Possibly, but I doubt it much, looking at the menus for the following days, which also involved a number of components.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:15 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Possibly, but I doubt it much, looking at the menus for the following days, which also involved a number of components.

They're obviously lucky is Scunny then.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:28 pm  

Wouldn't eat out at the weekend if I were you: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... emeat.html Mind you, we've eaten out 3 times last night - twice at seafood restaurants luckily. Last night, wild boar - wouldn't have thought they'd bother with horsemeat there (at least I hope not). Mrs D had "lamb" though.

Wouldn't eat out at the weekend if I were you: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... emeat.html Mind you, we've eaten out 3 times last night - twice at seafood restaurants luckily. Last night, wild boar - wouldn't have thought they'd bother with horsemeat there (at least I hope not). Mrs D had "lamb" though.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:29 pm  

Anyway, I suggest everyone shops at Morrisons who, as far as I am aware, are the only big supermarket not yet implicated, on account of their local supply philosophy.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:46 pm  

Dally wrote: Wouldn't eat out at the weekend if I were you: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... emeat.html Mind you, we've eaten out 3 times last night - twice at seafood restaurants luckily. Last night, wild boar - wouldn't have thought they'd bother with horsemeat there (at least I hope not). Mrs D had "lamb" though. I'd be perfectly happy to eat out at a restaurant where I knew the ethos was about local, quality produce, etc. And there are a few of those out there – although they are not chains. Dally wrote: Anyway, I suggest everyone shops at Morrisons who, as far as I am aware, are the only big supermarket not yet implicated, on account of their local supply philosophy. Morrisons are, currently, coming out of this rather better than any other supermarket chain – although I would not expect to see Booths implicated, but then they're not a nationwide group. The other thing to do, of course, is shop at independent, local shops – proper butchers, for instance.

Dally wrote: Wouldn't eat out at the weekend if I were you: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... emeat.html Mind you, we've eaten out 3 times last night - twice at seafood restaurants luckily. Last night, wild boar - wouldn't have thought they'd bother with horsemeat there (at least I hope not). Mrs D had "lamb" though. I'd be perfectly happy to eat out at a restaurant where I knew the ethos was about local, quality produce, etc. And there are a few of those out there – although they are not chains. Dally wrote: Anyway, I suggest everyone shops at Morrisons who, as far as I am aware, are the only big supermarket not yet implicated, on account of their local supply philosophy. Morrisons are, currently, coming out of this rather better than any other supermarket chain – although I would not expect to see Booths implicated, but then they're not a nationwide group. The other thing to do, of course, is shop at independent, local shops – proper butchers, for instance.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:04 pm  

Dally wrote:

Anyway, I suggest everyone shops at Morrisons who, as far as I am aware, are the only big supermarket not yet implicated, on account of their local supply philosophy.

do they not stock Findus products?

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:16 pm  

EHW wrote:

do they not stock Findus products?

I don't think anyone much is stocking Findus products at present.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:47 pm  

Dally wrote:

Anyway, I suggest everyone shops at Morrisons who, as far as I am aware, are the only big supermarket not yet implicated, on account of their local supply philosophy.

I suggest everyone shops at a local butcher, never mind friggin Morrison's.

Mintball wrote:

... The other thing to do, of course, is shop at independent, local shops – proper butchers, for instance.

Quite.
And I say that despite living within three miles of the (licensed) horse abbatoir whose owner was arrested yesterday.
We shall see just whether he was guilty of anything but, last year, he slaughtered the grand total of 44 horses ... out of the 9000 slaughtered in the UK.

The supermarkets are coming through this "relatively" unscathed, almost as victims rather than stupid accomplices.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:55 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

I suggest everyone shops at a local butcher

, never mind friggin Morrison's.

Just have.

5lb's of minced steak.
1lb of back bacon.
2 nice sirloin steaks.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:57 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Just have.

5lb's of minced steak.
1lb of back bacon.
2 nice sirloin steaks.

Good for you, sir.