# Suggest a marketable culinary name for horse meat for U.S. consumers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252 "2012-10-19T18:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/61 "2012-10-21T03:42:06Z")
Apple-oosa Perch-eron Mascar-pony Whatever you call it, wash it down with a Colt 45. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/62 "2012-10-21T05:39:40Z")
Woltz’s Own ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/63 "2012-10-21T09:22:34Z")
EthicalVeal™ ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/64 "2012-10-21T11:05:14Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > Pony Pies I was gonna say “Pony Nuggets” ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/65 "2012-10-21T15:28:44Z")
“cheval” is definitely the best suggestion–it sounds right for a food product We need proper-sounding words to cover up our squeamishness. Nobody would eat a hamburger if we had to order it by saying “I’ll have some chopped cow, please” On a related note: how about buffalo meat? At Grand Teton National Park, where buffalo run free within the park, and are raised commercially by local ranchers, the restaurants serve buffalo meat. But I just couldn’t bring myself to order it, because , well, there’s no word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/66 "2012-10-21T16:43:50Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I’m not sure, but you’re going to trigger a lot of negative responses if you don’t scout out what people want to hear ahead of time. I guarantee you this though, if you have the spirit to get the right name then it will surely spread like wildfire and when that happens, then the spoils go to the victor. They’ll all run, calling “Wildfire!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/67 "2012-10-21T18:19:50Z")
Three small burgers: Clyders. Chinese style: Stirrup fried steak. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/68 "2012-10-21T20:17:26Z")
They usually call buffalo “bison.” It sounds fancier. It’s pretty popular, for those who want to spend quite a bit more money for healthier cow. Even Walmart carries ground bison! ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/69 "2012-10-21T22:03:04Z")
Alpo steak! ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/70 "2012-10-21T22:19:15Z")
Sarah Jessica Parkerhouse? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/71 "2012-10-21T23:16:49Z")
Anyone for a [Frankel](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-2221088/Frankel-Sir-Henry-Cecil-sign-style.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)furter? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/72 "2012-10-22T13:50:51Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > They usually call buffalo “bison.” It sounds fancier. It’s pretty popular, for those who want to spend quite a bit more money for healthier cow. Even Walmart carries ground bison! They call it that because that’s what it [is.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bison#Name) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/73 "2012-10-22T19:46:38Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > “cheval” is definitely the best suggestion–it sounds right for a food product > > We need proper-sounding words to cover up our squeamishness. Nobody would eat a hamburger if we had to order it by saying “I’ll have some chopped cow, please” > > On a related note: how about buffalo meat? > > At Grand Teton National Park, where buffalo run free within the park, and are raised commercially by local ranchers, the restaurants serve buffalo meat. > But I just couldn’t bring myself to order it, because , well, there’s no word for it. What, you never eat chicken nuggets, then? What does your family eat on Thanksgiving if not turkey? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/74 "2012-10-22T19:55:45Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > They call it that because that’s what it [is.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bison#Name) Yes, I can read the binomial name. But show the picture to 20 Americans a picture of the animal (who at least know what it looks like), and 19 will probably call it a “buffalo.” ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/75 "2012-10-23T15:26:41Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > caballo Nope, if you’re going to use the Spanish name it’s _potro_, at least in Spain (colt, as that’s what usually gets sacrificed for it; we also differentiate our “cow-et-al meat” by whether it’s calf, cow, bull or ox). ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/76 "2012-10-23T16:27:03Z")
Houyhnhnm. It’s not just for travelers! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/77 "2012-10-23T17:47:09Z")
I scoured the foreign versions of the Wiki page on horses for a catchy name, and I hereby suggest: [Вӧв](http://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D3%A7%D0%B2). That’s what they call it in Komi, a Russian language, apparently. Bob is catchy, and it has heavy-metal umlauts. Win. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/78 "2012-10-23T17:49:43Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > We don’t need a new name, just a catchy slogan. > > “Horse? Of course!” “You’ll love it, no bull!” What brand names could we have? -Beaf (C) -Sporse(C) -Dinty Horse (C) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/79 "2012-10-23T17:52:13Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > “You’ll love it, no bull!” > > What brand names could we have? > > -Beaf (C) > -Sporse(C) > -Dinty Horse (C) Oscar Nayer ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-marketable-culinary-name-for-horse-meat-for-u-s-consumers/638252/80 "2012-10-23T18:03:52Z")
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