Thursday, April 4, 2013

A SLIGHTLY CONFUSING THING FROM BELGIUM


Here's a slightly confusing thing from Belgium, photographed and brought to my attention by Susanna Forrest, writer and horsewoman extraordinaire.  


As far as I can tell the joke is that there are people in Belgium who are craving a burger made from genuine horsemeat, but they’re being deceived, and fobbed off with a burger that’s 100 per cent beef.  Or maybe there's a completely different joke.  Belgian horse irony is not my strong suit.




3 comments:

  1. "A cheval" means "topped with a fried egg." I suspect that you know this, or at least could very easily have found this out, but opted to enjoy the irony anyway.

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  2. For clarification, it's all about the preposition. Steak à cheval - beefsteak topped with fried egg; steak de cheval - horsesteak. Steak de cheval à cheval...well, you get the point.

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  3. Thanks Michele; you put this so much better than I possibly could have - G.

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