Horse meat.

Can I finish my Mug of Tea now???

 

No thank you We always suspected that was being put in our tea in the early years of being in the rif raf..........can't think why as we were always perfect "Gentlemen"

 

I guess it was the lack of air that turned us into morons

 

Delving back into my 'Family Tree', three of my ancestors in the early 1800's had their jobs listed on the census as 'Cat's Meat Vendor'!

It didn't mean that they sold cat meat as there couldn't have been enough cats to make a living out of it. They sold horsemeat as pet food. There were over 100,000 working horses in London (rising to 300,000 in 1890) and, when they couldn't work any more they became pet food, glue etc. I guess that some of the better parts were bought for human consumption.

 

I think some of my ancestors were in the trade too, Shiney, although they were in the Supply trade and known as Horse Stealer's.

 

Iceland's Managing Director has just made the statement:

"I wouldn't eat our own brand value meals as there is so little meat in them"

So obviously the meals were so poor that they weren't even going to put Horse meat in them. Remind me not to buy anything from Iceland..........on second thoughts don't bother as I never buy from them anyway.