What is it with us? Aren't there any horse lovers on this forum? I know a few who would be livid at these comments...

Knowledge will create more horse lovers.

The meat has almost no fat. On a grill is must be continuously basted. It does VERY well in a WAK with any type of oil. It is best with BFM (Balanced Food Mix). Cook in a dutch oven or a crock-pot with seasoning. Your table mates will love your equestrian creation.

"Fortunately, having a horse with you provides a ready source of bait with which to distract the predator..."

Not necessarily. Horses are said to constantly remind each other that if a large predator approaches, dump the human and run. You don't have to be a racehorse, you just have to be faster than the human, which is usually no problem.

Sue

Well, my sister in law is a horse person. She would roll over in her grave if she read this, and if she were dead.

Don't forget Salami,The real McCoy Salami is Equine based!;)

Hijacked? Such a harsh word. Can any of us know at the first step, precisely where a path will lead us, or at the first post, precisely how a thread will develop? Is a thread less valid because its header has no relation to its content? How often does this happen to threads not deemed 'hijacked'

Could we not call it a thread that was 're-purposed', or 'laterally explored'? In this case, perhaps the thread was 'rustled'. (“Sheriff, them varmints from the other side of the valley done rustled our thread agin-let's get a posse together, and head em off at the third paragraph...”).

Each newly opened thread is as a fledgling bird, nudged from the nest-it may plummet to the ground, never to rise, or it may find its wings, soaring into the clouds. It may perish at the hands of a raptor, or live to perch on the shoulder of a noble statesman's statue, and leave its small deposit of respect thereon.
Think not of a thread as hijacked, but rather exalted in a new and un-dreamt of manner.