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As far as I know, I've never eaten horse. What does it taste like?

Well, I'm not sure that I have either, although these rolls are notorious for being made with horse meat. If I've had it, it tastes like beef.

But then, that might be like saying that rattlesnake tastes like chicken, don't you think ?

It's rather one of those 'it's the thought counts' sort of things.

Poor horsies. But poor cows and pigs and chickens and turkeys and fish and... I wonder how we decide that horses (or dogs or cats or whatever) are off limits but cows aren't? Anyone got a My First Book of Anthropology or the like at hand?

Anyway, I think people will stop eating animals when (it's inevitable) it becomes cheaper and healthier and tastier to eat veggie stuff that tastes and otherwise seems like anything you want, including horses.

Or maybe it won't be veggie stuff, but animal flesh grown without the animal, grown like veggies, like growing turkey breast meat without the rest of the turkey. They'll do it in huge clean factories somewhere, gigantic steak-producing plants and so on. And without a thinking, feeling animal involved, there won't be a moral problem with eating meat.

Or will there? I just made this up as I typed.

I quite often feel that I should move my cutting board away from our fish tank , whenever I am preparing fish for dinner.

It does seem rather barbaric, cruel in a way.

It can be difficult- at times- being a carnivore.

"I quite often feel that I should move my cutting board away from our fish tank , whenever I am preparing fish for dinner."

Sue, that is so funny! It actually made me laugh out loud. You should post that line on your journal, as it deserves to be read by many.

horse does exist here in the grocery too, although I've never seen it in slices. the only form it seems to come in here is steaks of sort, in the butcher section. I've never eaten it either; apparently David has in his life before, and does not like it, so I may never eat it, period. can't say that upsets me.

Well, why shouldn't one eat horse meat? Which meat is considered OK to eat and which meat isn't is a cultural question, of course. We don't eat dogs, Hindu's don't eat beef, Muslems don't eat pork etc. Although I haven't eaten horse yet, taht's mostly because the supermarkets and most butchers don't sell it here. But I've heard it's really good. I've also heard that really good Belgian fries taste so good because the fat used for frying is part hors fat. Most important of all: horse meat gets better the older the animal is. So when you eat a good horse steak, it means the animal has had a long life. Pork, beef and especially lamb, on the other hand, are from animals that haven't had much of a life at all.

They eat horsemeat here in Sweden as well - hamburger meat they call it, and it looks like very dark red slices of ham.

I know it's totally irrational, but I can't make myself eat it, it makes me queasy just to think about it although I accidentally ate some once long ago before I knew what it was. I have no memory at all of what it tasted like.

There is even a German guy who likes to eat human meat. :-o

When in Australia I found it funny that the aussies (who don't appear to eat horses) have no problem gobbling down the 2 animals on the National Emblem.

I think its kinda cool that the Emu and the Roo get the distinction of getting on the crest and the restaurant menu.

Horse meat is apparently easy to find all over Europe. Here in Italy it's eaten mostly by anemic people, since it's supposed to be very rich in iron. They say it's slightly sweet in taste. I don't think I could make myself eat it, ever.

In Belgium you can find horse meat served as rumpsteak in some restaurants, used in the typical Flemish stew prepared with (dark) beer, or used as sliced and smoked lunch meat (as Sue wrote). It is quite delicious and is less fat tha beef, is rich in protein and texturally leaner than beef as well.

Laughing out loud, well lucky you. Here in China, it is very common to eat anything that moves (except human, i guess). If your not cautious enough to check what are you eating, you might end up eating the mouse deer or some of the endangered species. It just too spicy and smells good that you won't notice it.

They eat raw horse meat here in Japan. No joke. My wife has eaten it, though she didn't care for it. It's a delicacy and quite expensive (not something you find in a regular sushi bar).