Horse on the menu

France, the home of adventurous carnivores, is still exporting its intrepid culinary habits to the UK. The Guardian's Edinburgh blogger, Tom Allan, reports that a restaurant has begun importing French horse meat to tempt customers. As the home of haggis, Scotland is already accustomed to eating unconventional portions of sheep – but it remains to be seen whether pan-fried horse rump steak will catch on in Edinburgh's L'Escargot Bleu, or anywhere else in the UK. Will the Gallic penchant for equine dinners take hold across the country? Could you eat a horse?