# What's black and white and red all over? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966 "2013-02-11T13:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/1 "2013-02-11T13:46:46Z")
In an attempt to jump on the bandwagon of horse-eating, which has become all the rage recently in Britain, I went to buy some horse-meat at my local butcher’s on Saturday. Though the butcher looked aghast at me asking for horse, he did sell me a couple of small Zebra steaks, which I suppose must be similar. Any tips? Need answer fast, as I’m getting peckish. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/2 "2013-02-11T14:00:36Z")
Seriously, you got some zebra meat? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/3 "2013-02-11T14:07:23Z")
Well it says ‘Zebra’ on the packet, though you can’t always trust them I gather. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/4 "2013-02-11T14:11:55Z")
Dark meat or white meat? ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/5 "2013-02-11T14:32:05Z")
Did you hear hoofbeats … 😉 ---
**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:** [February 11, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/6 "2013-02-11T14:32:47Z")
Visually, texturally…what does it resemble? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/7 "2013-02-11T15:02:35Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Visually, texturally…what does it resemble? It’s vacuum-packed and surrounded by what appears to be blood (I know, maybe myoglobin) but the meat looks quite dark and ruddy, like venison. I suppose I should just fry it simply with black pepper so as not to adulterate it too much for tasting. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/8 "2013-02-11T15:20:05Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Dark meat or white meat? Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/9 "2013-02-11T15:42:52Z")
Next time ask for _cheval_ or perhaps _chevaline_. Everything sounds better in French. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/10 "2013-02-11T15:56:33Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Next time ask for _cheval_ or perhaps _chevaline_. Everything sounds better in French. I could try, but another butcher I talked to about it said he wouldn’t stock horse-meat as he’d be worried about getting his windows smashed, presumably by some sentimental thugs. Whereas I’ve always found horses to be overly bony and haughty, so want to eat them largely out of spite. A niche market I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/11 "2013-02-11T16:07:08Z")
Savenors on Charles Street in Boston sells weird meats, and has been selling zebra for years. I don’t see it currently listed on their site, though [http://www.savenorsmarket.com/web/shop/category/game-and-specialty/](http://www.savenorsmarket.com/web/shop/category/game-and-specialty/) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/12 "2013-02-11T16:13:28Z")
Try some horsemeat with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese. Also known as _Italian Stallion_. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/13 "2013-02-11T16:34:45Z")
[How to cook zebra.](http://wildesyde.co.uk/?page_id=519) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/14 "2013-02-11T22:55:17Z")
I just find it odd that a place that doesn’t want to sell horse meat would have no problem selling zebra meat. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/15 "2013-02-11T23:21:02Z")
[Pearls Before Swine] hello, zeeba neighba. we want have you over for cookout. we won’t eet yu, we pwomis. [/PBS] ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/16 "2013-02-11T23:28:02Z")
Make the grill marks go the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/17 "2013-02-12T00:55:35Z")
Man, if you buy a blender, I don’t wanna know. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/18 "2013-02-12T08:00:40Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I just find it odd that a place that doesn’t want to sell horse meat would have no problem selling zebra meat. Exactly. If I was going to sentimentalise one of them, I would choose the pet zebra (and the horse dinner). I did fry the steaks with butter and black peppern and it was like a nice flavoursome beef steak, though I managed to dry mine out a bit. But that’s a result of the leanness, plus my poor cooking. It was so beef-like, I’m slightly worried that it’s cow being missold as a cheap zebra alternative. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/19 "2013-02-13T03:42:14Z")
Some Japanese restaurants have horsemeat sashimi. Pretty damn delicious, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966/20 "2013-02-13T09:43:02Z")
I once ate zebra testicles in a New York restaurant. They taste something like liver, only milder. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-black-and-white-and-red-all-over/649966.md?page=2)