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I never had hot dogs with palta, ketchup, and mayonesa until I came to Chile, but I really like hot dogs with saurkraut and ketchup

max wrote:I never had hot dogs with palta, ketchup, and mayonesa until I came to Chile, but I really like hot dogs with saurkraut and ketchup

Is it true that horse meat ends up in completos? It think this may have been in another thread but I don't remember where it was.

patagoniax wrote:Is it true that horse meat ends up in completos? It think this may have been in another thread but I don't remember where it was.

From what my wife tells me the myth that Vienesas are made from horse meat was meant to deter children from eating too many Completos. Although Vienesas may contain horse meat amongst other meats is not too far fetched.

tonyakaserg wrote:

patagoniax wrote:Is it true that horse meat ends up in completos? It think this may have been in another thread but I don't remember where it was.

From what my wife tells me the myth that Vienesas are made from horse meat was meant to deter children from eating too many Completos. Although Vienesas may contain horse meat amongst other meats is not too far fetched.

I looked up the carne equina consumption for various countries. Chile seems to "officially" consume only about 0,7 kg/person per year but that was couched in warnings that horsemeat is quietly and improperly sold as beef in some markets. Argentina is about double Chile's official consumption and is also the world's largest horsemeat exporter -- some 29,000 tonnes annually. And Iceland is about 2,8 kg/person per year. Japan turned out to be a huge importer and consumer of horsemeat and Chile is evidently getting into the export business there both for animal feed and human consumption. I just discovered a note that the Japanese eat raw horse meat (called Basahi) - similar to the raw sashimi practice apparently.

I remember seeing a carniceria in Temuco that advertised carne equina many years ago and I was told that this was mostly for those with Mapuche tastes.Supposely there is a Mapuche restaurant in Temuco where they serve horsemeat but I don't know the details.

FWIW

There's nothing wrong with horse meat.

Now, there is other stuff going into hot dogs and sausages that I really do not want to know about. Just eat them; never ask what's in them.

oregon woodsmoke wrote:There's nothing wrong with horse meat.

Now, there is other stuff going into hot dogs and sausages that I really do not want to know about. Just eat them; never ask what's in them.

That's true. Nothing wrong with proper horse meat. It's actually probably healthier than a lot of the beef that we eat. Nothing wrong with whale meat, for that matter, though horse meat is a bit leaner.