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<title>Stjohnsmythe</title>
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So... is anyone going to talk about whether they like the restaurant?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c721489</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:09:22 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Leo</title>
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a cow is much better...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c659577</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:30:56 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>laurel</title>
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i don't see what's wrong with eating horses over other animals. i'm a vegetarian, so made the decision to not eat any animals, no matter how ugly or unintelligent they may be (and that includes fish, unlike some 'vegetarians'.

i find it sort of hypocritical when people gasp over eating cute animals, but not pigs or cows. cows can be just as loyal to a loving owner as any other pet, and horses aren't even overly intelligent animals, as opposed to the very smart pigs that people eat all the time.

i dunno, i just don't see it as a reason to avoid a restaurant which represents a cultural cuisine that may be different from our own.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c298878</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:53:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Colonel Tom</title>
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I consider myself for the most part omnivorous, but as I get older and wiser I've found out a lot more about how food makes it to our plate. There are more humane ways to raise animals before slaughter and there are less humane ways. Factory farming shows no respect at all for the animals that some of us choose to eat. So it always makes sense to me to ask your chef (and yourself) for the origins of their animal meat.
As for eating horse meat, I simply cannot do it. I ride horses and could never sit down to knowingly eat even a morsel. I consider the horse, like the cat and the dog, one of my friends. That is my culture, but it's also borne out of personal experience. Hang out with a horse and you will quickly understand why I write this. They are intensely sympathetic and empathetic (not to mention hard-working) creatures. 
If you want to find out more about the slaughter of them check out some of the websites that seek to protect them from ending up as your dinner.
Oh yeah, Coca on Queen Street is a great restaurant as well, but it serves horse and I ain't eatin' there anytime soon either.
http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/info.php?id=31]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c298400</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:43:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Swarthypirate</title>
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I would never make love to a cow, thus I would eat cow.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c143167</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c143167</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:44:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>becky</title>
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Horses are beautiful animals, helped us win wars before we had cars or even guns, plowed our fields for us before tractors, and look a little bit like unicorns, so they're a little bit magical as well.   If you want to eat them, fine go ahead but you are the scum of the earth if you do.    

Also, La Palette owner is the scum of the earth for serving them.   I think I just threw up in my mouth...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c133040</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:06:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>dvs</title>
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i've tried the horse and like any other 'game'(?) meat it has it's slight peculiarities, texture and taste but i've enjoyed it @ la pallette before.  yumm.

d]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c125556</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:44:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>sookie</title>
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Funny Jerrold.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c119096</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c119096</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:27:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jerrold</title>
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<a href="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/03/08/3719223-ap.html">What have we done</a>?!?!?!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c118316</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c118316</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:46:05 PST</pubDate>
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<title>PK</title>
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apparently horse meat tastes the same as human meat....

so there is no way I ever want to know what I would taste like. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c118102</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:59:05 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Gloria</title>
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Sookie, you make an unfair comparison. The manufacture of foie gras necessarily involves cruel forcefeeding practises, while it's entirely possible to raise and slaughter a horse ethically and humanely for food. The comparison is not valid. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c118053</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c118053</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:22:57 PST</pubDate>
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<title>sookie</title>
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and i thought our foie gras exporting was bad enough.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c118009</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c118009</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:58:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Jonathan</title>
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I've tried rabbit and caribou and I did not like that game taste to them. Does the horse have that aspect to it?

My favourite meat is lamb. I just wish it wasn't so expensive!
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117950</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:48:07 PST</pubDate>
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<title>megan</title>
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I think people think that the horse that people eat is someone's former pet or something.  I think they don't realise that there are horse farms where horses are farmed for meat, just like cattle.  In fact, Canada is the biggest Horse-meat export country, most of the horse people in France eat comes from here.

But it's that hang up on the fact that they're pets, and attractive.  I know people who can't eat rabbit or lamb for the same reason.

Having said that, I don't think I could eat horse, because I have all the same indoctrination...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117948</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:30:20 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Jerrold</title>
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The dishes, especially the bouillabaisse, look delicious.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117909</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:31:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Gloria</title>
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I tend to agree with Andrea (and Tanja's point about "evil"; totally on). It always intrigues me when I see teenagers stopping at the windows of Chinese deli shops and pointing and wondering loudly. 

Her point might also relate in a way to many people's squeamishness about eating other parts of an animal ... ears, feet,  eyes, and even the blood of even the common farmyard animals like cows and pigs. Perhaps all these things remind people too much that what they eat was once a living, functional animal, instead of always having existed as a delicious, seared steak. 

I have no pets, so I have no qualms about eating dog or cat; I would understand if a pet owner did have hesitations, but I honestly don't understand any other omnivore's hangups. I'd chow down on horse any day, and I find horses very beautiful. 

The only meat I might refuse to eat are rodents and insects -- related mostly to an idea of cleanliness. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117666</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117666</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:04:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Japhet Bower</title>
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"As far as the whole eating meat debate goes I'm of the mindset that if you can't kill it yourself you don't deserve to eat it."

That's hardly practical for urban dwellers. We don't live in a society where you have to create everything you use and you wouldn't want to either.

If people don't want to kill their food, they shouldn't have to. They SHOULD be aware of where it comes from and make informed, intelligent choices.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117532</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:50:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>sookie</title>
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That's enough to make me not want to check out La Palette, although I'd been considering it.  Turtle is another one I have a hard time swallowing, but i do have one myself. As far as the whole eating meat debate goes I'm of the mindset that if you can't kill it yourself you don't deserve to eat it.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117107</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:45:35 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Andrea</title>
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I think the difference in attitude towards meat often stems from food processing. Here in North America, we buy chicken as skinless chicken breast. We rarely see the whole bird (head, beak and all) hanging at Loblaws. I think this detaches us from the reality that meat comes from animals. So once we hear of people eating "weird" meats like horse or rabbit, we get uncomfortable because we can only think of them on a farm or stable, not as a consumable product.

Of course, some other cultures are different. I grew up in an Asian family where whole chickens (with heads, beaks) and entire fish (with skin, eyeballs, bones) were displayed proudly on the table. I cannot imagine eating dog or cat, but the idea of horse or rabbit intrigues me. I think this is because I've "befriended" dogs and cats, but I never really had a relationship with a horse or rabbit...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117088</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:06:16 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Teena in Toronto</title>
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I've had drinks there but not food.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2007/03/la_palette/#c117062</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:48:55 PST</pubDate>
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