April 1st comes early...
There is a strange coincidence about your post
SCOMAN ...
A short time ago I was reading about the invasions of Genghis Khan throughout central Europe and into India. A staple food of his hordes apart from looted food and hunted animals was of course Horse Meat. The meat would be dried into a kind of Biltong or jerky or...and they beat Gossamagear by a few Centuries here..cut into thin strips and placed under their horse's saddles. At the end of a long hot day the meat would be tenderised, warm, partially cooked and ready to eat.
Few ideas are new in the world.....they just get reinvented..