At the risk of stirring up another Hundred Years' War, let me opine that the British Taboo on horse meat seems to be fairly recent, or else ignored in Yorkshire, and now has evolved into an item of jealous yearning ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1551693/The-merits-of-horse-meat.html I seriously doubt that any uneaten horse was ever tossed overboard - in the entire history of the Admiralty ... However, with our beloved Kentucky Derby set to begin in a few hours, I will refrain from any culinary review of this gourmet delicacy ... --- Nick Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michel, are you absolutely sure that you are French? > You don't want to eat > your horse and your English is better than that of > most native speakers... I > think the point was that the *water* began to run > out and horses drink a lot > of it so, to conserve supplies, they get thrown over > first... > >
