I agree. That tasty horse meat should be eaten right here in the U.S.A.
Question: I'm considering buying a horse to eat, but I'm not sure who could slaughter and butcher it for me. Should I ride it to the butcher, or slaughter it myself and drag it into the back of the truck (I don't want to absorb the expense of a trailer). Or maybe I should walk it into the back of my truck and then shoot it?
Any advice would be appreciated, I don't need recipes though.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
If you've eaten in a typical American high school cafeteria, you've probably already eaten horse. :-)
I dont think that it is legal to butcher horses for US domestic consumption, but it is legal to butcher for export.
Horse meat isnt bad, it is sweet meat. Mule meat is much better.
i do hope you're being sarcastic. i own a few of my own and they, like our dogs, are part of our family.
i don't want to see govt. grow over this matter, but nor am i comfortable knowing the the fillies, mares, and colts down the road from me might end up on some frog's plate. what does bother me is the way that quarter horse ranchers knock up dozens of mares every year hoping for the chance that they'll produce a million dollar baby that may not be - only to end up in kauffman some day. ranchers need to be more responsible as far as i'm concerned.
I would suggest you shoot, hang, and butcher the animal all on your own. There is nothing that makes you savor the taste of a good equi-burger more than knowing your food comes from your own handiwork.