Talk:Food and beverage/@comment-74.140.6.222-20120215134340/@comment-251103-20120303220710

Protein. I think the one time meat was eaten was quite by accident, from the worms in the muffins in "Applebuck Season". This may be why everyone became ill. Ponies also eat wild fungi (also protein-rich) like truffles, apparently, according to one or the producers, and raise specially-trained pigs to them. Although they don't need to--a horse's sense of smell is nearly as keen as a dog's.