Horses butchered near Houston

[heavyhorse]

13 hours ago, caikgoch said:




I can imagine given that I grew up in FFA (Future Farmers of America) land.   It would have been a full blown riot.

It was a little town, upper hundreds population, the "Reorganized" school district served over 200 sq miles.  So overwhelmingly rural.  We had FFA and 4-H.  Pretty much everyone had a horse/pony or knew someone who did.




Those days there were 3 brands of dog food that I recall.  Purina dry in the checkerboard bag.  Strongheart canned, a sort of ground stew mystery horsemeat product.  And Ken-L-Ration, All meat, Real meat, USDA inspected red horsemeat.  




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So pretty much anyone who owned a dog knew what horsemeat looked like and smelled like.  And these were little kids.  Pre-teen girls.  There was crying, wails, shrieks.  Piles of trays in the barrels and floor, uncleared tables, everyone crowded at the door trying to leave.  




There was an "assembly" that afternoon.  The principal yada yada behavior won't be tolerated yada yada yada good Gov't Surplus food yada yada.  After the kids got home there were phone calls.  The next day approximately 7 people ate the cafeteria food, everyone else brought sack lunches.<span>  This went on for some weeks.  </span>




<span>So yeah, about as close to a full blown riot as a bunch of little conservative mid-western country kids could manage.</span>




<span>And it never happened again, so I guess we made our point.</span>




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