In France, horse falling off restaurant menus

news ^ | December 16, 2009 | Sophie Taylor

[JoeProBono]

[Daffynition]

[Cincinna]

LOL :+]

[Prodigal Son]

Chemically, it's all much the same, but emotionally, the animal you raise for meat is not the same as the one you work with.

Oh I don't know. We used to raise a calf a year (among other things). As a boy I'd go out every day and talk to it, give it a name, pet it. I'd usually feel bad for a few seconds come killing time. I don't think it'd be any different for me and a horse.

I don't usually think about dogs and cats as food because they're meat-eaters. I don't know if that makes any sense? They've got strange poo.

It's like I said, it's hard for me to look at a horse without wondering how it tastes. Sometimes I think they can sense that. Sometimes not. I spent a week on horseback in Lesotho once. I had a really stubborn mare. I really enjoyed telling her that if I had my way I'd have her turning over a spit later that night. (And I would have...)

[Prodigal Son]

That's one point of view, anyway, and I think it has some merit.

I'm a carnivore. Technically, sure- an omnivore. But when I get real hungry only meat will satisfy me.

Horse looks like food to me. Useful critter, sure. Can ride it and what not. But still food. I mean, it's not like he's still alive when you're chowing down on him. Once he's kicked it (pardon the pun) he's just steak. You can be chummy with him while he's alive. Once he's dead his soul has gone on to the Big Green Pasture in the sky- but his ass, that passes into the realm of the Big Mac.

[1rudeboy]

I’ve always wanted to try horse. Have never had the chance yet.

It's not that bad . . . you'd eat it easily if you are hungry. Steak's still better, though.

[1rudeboy]

That's one point of view, anyway, and I think it has some merit.

Yes, but it doesn't take into account cows, chickens, etc. The interesting thing is why we embrace emotional bonds with some animals and not others.

[Nepeta]

Oh I don't know. We used to raise a calf a year (among other things). As a boy I'd go out every day and talk to it, give it a name, pet it. I'd usually feel bad for a few seconds come killing time. I don't think it'd be any different for me and a horse.

It's different when you are sitting on their back, and what you accomplish depends in large measure upon the horse beneath you. The horse is at least 50% of the game in polo. Talk to a police officer in a mounted troop about their experience in crowd control. The bond between horse and rider is real, and it is not based on weepy sentimentality but upon a pragmatic working relationship.

[SunkenCiv]

...plus, he spelled both his names wrong...

So, how often is it the mane course?

(I’d avoided that one because I figured it was obvious, and hadn’t felt like checking)

[JouleZ]

When it comes to eating horse, I am a neigh sayer...

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You and me both. I have 4 horses and 3 cows, they are all named and tamed but if in dire need, I would eat the cows first.