Horse Meat

[y2kcrawler]

Anyone read where congress is allowing the butchering of horses now for meat? Anyone ever had horse? Does it taste like glue?

(This is not to be mistaken for the squirrel meat thread)

 

[levellinebrad]

Its not bad eating. Not my favorite but not bad.

 

[GCncsuHD]

It's not exactly anything new. I have never had it nor planned on trying it.

It's normally viewed as taboo due to Jewish law and the Catholic church outlawed it centuries ago as well. It is still common place in other countries. And the US was a common exporter of horse meat to other countries up until just a few years ago when the FDA didn't outlaw butchering of horses, but rather quit inspecting the slaughterhouses. No inspections=no legal exporting or sale to the public. It was still legal to slaughter your own for consumption though.

 

[ManglerYJ]

I always wondered why Mr. Ed got cancelled.....

 

[GubNi]

I didn't know it was illegal.

 

[y2kcrawler]

I didnt know it was illegal until now.. And yea its mostly for export.. but still, Ive never heard of any food with horse meat... Ive had cow tongue... and its everything you expect...

 

[trailhugger]

A friend went on an exchange trip to France and ate it there... I think he said it was kind of like steak.

Reminds me of this:

 

[JayT]

From what I read, it's considered a delicacy in Europe and Asia... Don't think I'll eat it... or travel to Europe or Asia.

(but then again, I don't hesitate to eat any wild game... what's the difference, except that I can't ride a bear? lol!)

 

[GotWood]

Take a trip to Korea and you can sample some Fido stew.

 

[nctom]

Not sure whats in the tacos down in Baja... Its meat.

 

[RatLabGuy]

Never had it, but I'd try.
Don't see what the big deal is, just another animal.

 

[awheelterd]

I didnt know it was illegal until now.. And yea its mostly for export.. but still, Ive never heard of any food with horse meat... Ive had cow tongue... and its everything you expect...

you had cow tongue prepared the wrong way then. when i had it in texas it was great.

i ate donkey in mexico, does that count as horse? it was similar to beef, just very lean.

 

[Macdaddy4738]

I was under the impression that most of the beef products you'd order/get in Europe were horse meat anyways due to mad cow outbreak years ago. Not sure if that is still the norm though.

I was watching that storage wars show the other day, and one of the groups ended up with like a giant metal horse head on a plank. Evidently it used to be that if a restaurant was serving horse in any capacity, they needed to have that outside.