One of the strangest things I ever ate in my years in Japan was horse-meat sushi. I swear I am not making that up. It didn’t taste like chicken.
Silly. A victory the animal “rights” nuts over sanity. Meat is meat—and instead of just wasting old or lame horses after euthanization—they could be used, even if just for dog food.
Ridiculous.
What makes horses so special? Yes, they are one of the smarter animals in the animal kingdom, but so are squid, octopus, pigeons, sheep, and pigs, and there is no law that keeps those animals off the dinner plate.
I tried horse meat in Iceland, it was delicious.
Its all livestock.
Ah, so instead of the humane end, for whatever fashion they will end up, what will happen to these beasts now? Abused? Starved and neglected?
Indeed it is. Horses are livestock. We eat livestock.
I've had many occasions to enjoy horse meat, and it is very tasty. A horse meat pot roast is delicious.
It's just the cycle of life. One year you're winning the Triple-Crown, the next year you're on my dinner plate.
But they've got to develop a better marketing campaign. Maybe refer to it as filet de cheval (or filly de cheval, LOL).
Horses are just pretty cows, many countries slaughter and eat horse meat.
Nah, “meat is meat” ... unless it is horse meat. Did you ever try it? I had it in Belgium (tried to pass it off as a hamburger). Gray and nasty. I literally spit it out on the plate. I don’t think it will work its way into the food chain around here. Belgium only has horse meat because of tradition, that where the dead carriage horses went ... seriously.