Back in 1957 we were buying meat at Bob’s Meat Market in a northern city. Good quality, low prices. Then we saw an article in the paper that Bob’s had been raided and shut down for selling horse meat.
I don’t know if we ate any horse meat but I suspect we did. I would not knowingly do it.
I get it. Slaughter is an alternative to starvation and painful death for a lot of horses. It’s the humane thing to do.
We euthanize millions of dogs and cats for the same reason.
WHERE DOES IT FOLLOW THAT THAT MAKES IT OKAY FOR HUMANS TO EAT THEM?!
The Constitution is absolutely silent on the issue. That means the states should decide if eating horses is okay or not. If I had a vote, I would say, “Absolutely not. Not in a thousand years. That is NOT our culture.”
A mere 25 yrs ago in the foothills east of Milpitas, CA, one could buy “cheap” steaks and roasts from a freezer in “Herman, the German’s” barn on his ranch. He bought lots of horses, but sold not so many (on the hoof anyway)! People said it was a lot more red than beef, which was one way to tell the difference...
JC
I’ve heard that it is really bright red. You probably did. I think I may have in Germany when I was stationed there. One time I got some meat in the Commissary that I thought was awfully bright red. Someone told me later that it was probably horse. I sure hope not.