I would. As long as it was properly labelled and processed I don't have a problem eating horse meat. I think the US pre-occupation with not eating horses is kind of silly.
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Would you eat horse meat?
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leadarrows
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Horses and dogs have given us their all as friends, helpers and their love and trust. We owe them more then to be eaten. Nothing silly about it at all. I will stop here....you do not what to know what I now think of you.
I think I'll get over it.
FrancSevin
Proudly Deplorable
Sorry but horses and dogs also overpopulate. We humanely put them down when they are unwanted.
The problem with Horses is that not all of them are born well suited for pets. Too many dunns spoils the value of the breed. At one time American Dunns were sold off to France and European markets. Making enough trade to justify the practice to breeders and horsemen but not to the animal rights folks.
An easy target, they lobbied successfuly for laws prohibiting the sale of horsement, not to protect the food supply but to promote their personal minority position about the consumption of animals by Humans.
The result was an abundance of dunn horses who now suffer abuse and neglect. And a devaluation of good horses making the business of raising horses much less profitable.
It is equatible to making it illegal to crush an old car or even to pull weeds from your lawn.
I have no desire to eat horse meat but I have no reason not to.
JEV
Mr. Congeniality
Nothing personal, but you have probably never been hungry enough to consider eating any critter that humans have chosen to domesticate. Pigs make great pets, but it's socially acceptable to turn them into sausage, bacon and shoulder roasts. I would say it would be the highest compliment to eat one of your friends.
I've ordered horse from a restaurant menu. Its good. Very lean. Serve it with a fried egg on top and its great.
On a different topic, but similarly odd meat, we are at the cigar lounge this morning eating goat tacos. Not common outside of the Mexican neighborhoods, but darn good eating. Goat is actually the MOST consumed meat in the world.
On a different topic, but similarly odd meat, we are at the cigar lounge this morning eating goat tacos. Not common outside of the Mexican neighborhoods, but darn good eating. Goat is actually the MOST consumed meat in the world.
JEV
Mr. Congeniality
I would say that's open for discussion.
Mama
New member
I would not eat it by choice but if it was me or the horse, well, bye bye horse. It is completely a psychological decision on my part, I would just rather not eat horses, dogs, cats or rodents. There is nothing wrong with it....God said it was okay so who am I to argue. I just don't think I could enjoy it.
I've eaten some strange stuff in my life but never horse for some reason. It's not that I've any objection to it, it's just that I've never had the opportunity.
If cows and pigs were cuddlier and more endearing some people would refuse to eat those too and starve to death. Not necessarily a bad thing.
If cows and pigs were cuddlier and more endearing some people would refuse to eat those too and starve to death. Not necessarily a bad thing.
It seems some in Great Britan have eaten it without knowing. A food processor who supplies Burger King and other restaurants over there was caught selling horse meat and pig meat inside their supposedly 100% beef products.
British grocery chain Tesco announced this week that it would pull all beef products made with meat from a questionable supplier after an an investigation by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland found the "beef" was contaminated with horse and pig DNA. In one case, a sample Tesco beef patty was in fact composed of 29% horse meat.
The FSAI tested a number of Tesco's prepared foods made with beef, including the patties and frozen shepherd's pie, and found that 37 percent of them contained horse DNA while 85 percent contained pig DNA.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2013/01/horse_dna_british_beef.php
British grocery chain Tesco announced this week that it would pull all beef products made with meat from a questionable supplier after an an investigation by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland found the "beef" was contaminated with horse and pig DNA. In one case, a sample Tesco beef patty was in fact composed of 29% horse meat.
The FSAI tested a number of Tesco's prepared foods made with beef, including the patties and frozen shepherd's pie, and found that 37 percent of them contained horse DNA while 85 percent contained pig DNA.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2013/01/horse_dna_british_beef.php
Danang Sailor
nullius in verba
A family in 'Nam that a couple of us had to spend the night with honored us by killing and roasting their favorite dog in
our honor. As it happens, we all had dogs back home that we loved and missed. Let it to understood that we did not
dishonor ourselves, our service, or our country by refusing the magnificent hospitality of our hosts. And for the record,
roast dog isn't bad if served with a proper garlic and pepper sauce.
Circumstances almost always dictate proper behavior. One of those circumstances involves avoiding insults to those who
have done something very personal in order to render honor to you. Another would involve setting aside personal
prejudices in order to remain vital and alive.
our honor. As it happens, we all had dogs back home that we loved and missed. Let it to understood that we did not
dishonor ourselves, our service, or our country by refusing the magnificent hospitality of our hosts. And for the record,
roast dog isn't bad if served with a proper garlic and pepper sauce.
Circumstances almost always dictate proper behavior. One of those circumstances involves avoiding insults to those who
have done something very personal in order to render honor to you. Another would involve setting aside personal
prejudices in order to remain vital and alive.
snowtrac jim
Member
I live in Todmoden england. one my neighbours is been investigated for the supply of horse meat. don.t think he done any thing wrong if he sold it as horse.not his fault if the buyer turned it in to school dinners insted of dog food. best that can happen is that it becomes more acceptable to see horse meat in the shops. dont think you should eat carnivores though. probably most veggitable eaters taste good. and a horse looks tastier than a fat poo covered cow. on a lighter note.a tv series The league of gentlemen was partly filmed in todmorden to save money on extras. one of the characters is Hillary Briss butcher. sorry I dont know how to do utube links yet. this has a cult following. but that might just be a local thing .
Catavenger
New member
Not something I would WANT to try but if I were hungry yep I sure would.
Dargo
Like a bad penny...
Oh HELL no to goat!!! We had that at our Fall Festival (2nd largest street fest to Mardi Gras) and, IMHO, goat tasted like shit. Actually, when I went down trying to steal a pig in college and got shit in my mouth, I don't think it was as bad as that goat meat! (no questions on why we were trying to steal a pig - we did NOT succeed; got hurt, but didn't get one).
Here is a picture of a friend after she tasted goat meat.
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That face says it all......
Never had goat but I love lamb..
Never had a piece of horse flesh, but mule back strap isn't too bad at all...(long story)
Regards, Kirk
Never had goat but I love lamb..
Never had a piece of horse flesh, but mule back strap isn't too bad at all...(long story)
Regards, Kirk
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Dargo
Like a bad penny...
They said it was goat and quoted the same stats about other countries eating goat. I think they tricked you and served you lamb. I can eat pretty well anything and I had to spit it out. It was not going to go down without coming right back up. I ate a damn grasshopper that was spitting his tobacco on a bet and after it quit grabbing my tongue it was much more palatable than the 'goat' we were served. Heck, I doused a 2nd piece in habanero sauce and the shitty taste was still too strong to take. Maybe we were served rotted road kill, I dunno. All I know was that nobody could eat it.
On the subject, never had horse that I'm aware of. If it were horse meat or starve, no problem. Otherwise, some video I once saw of people eating live (well, for a while) monkey brains comes to mind. That video really disturbed me with that poor monkey trapped with just his head through the table, screaming in horror, while they clubbed him and scooped out his brain with spoons.
Leni
Active member
I remember buying horse meat to feed my cats. That was way back before I turned into a teen ager. The cats loved the meat. Right now I don't know if I'd eat horse but then I don't eat lamb either. Don't care for the taste. It was never served while I was growing up. That is probably the reason. We eat what our parents ate and forget just about anything else.
Dargo, where the hell was that so that I know to avoid that place. How can anyone eat a still alive animal like that? That's why there are dietary religious laws about that.
Dargo, where the hell was that so that I know to avoid that place. How can anyone eat a still alive animal like that? That's why there are dietary religious laws about that.
I see we eat in the same places. Throw in moose, elk and pronghorn and the list is about complete. OH, add iguana to the list. I've also tasted possum but passed on the raccoon.
As far as the monkey video goes, I've seen that one too. When I worked in Equatorial Guinea they used to sell monkeys for meat at the local open market. They break their back and sit them up on their table for sale where the only thing that they can move is their heads. Seeing them sitting there with their heads swiveling for side to side, sheer terror in their eyes, is the most pathetic thing that I've seen in my life. Give me horse any day.
NorthernRedneck
Well-known member
I'd try anything once. Had lamb. I like it! Very tender meat.