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The appearance of horse meat for human consumption in 1943 started a
search for euphemisms to designate it.  One reader of _Life_ submitted
a list of names for dishes designated ``to tempt the most ticklish
palates,'' including _braised fetlocks_ and _fillet of Pegasus_.
		-- H.L. Mencken, _The American Language_, "American
		   and English"

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