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Horse meat?
Warpig883
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Anyone ever had it? I wonder how it is? Is there anywhere to buy it?
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Do you think we need a law to prevent eating it?
http://www.saplonline.org/horses.htm
Don
My dad was convinced they were fed horse meat in the army during the war. He said at times they were fed meat that was kind of sweet tasting and the guys couldn't identify it.
I have had dog. It tastes pretty good. I am well aware of the ethical considerations concerning horse meat. I am just wondering how it tastes and is there a commercial market in the US.
There are Federal laws prohibiting interstate transport of horse meat, unless, it is covered in charcoal/coal dust; to distinguish it from beef. In raw form it looks really good, except for the coating of black coal dust...[;)]
Is it against the law to sell it for human consumption?
The coal dust stains the meat, so it is not appealing to the eye.
There is a horse slaughter house not too far from me, been under attack for years, looks as if it will finally be closing in the near future...[;)]
another fast food restaurant in the same area did get busted putting horse meat in their food (mexican food) and nobody knew the difference.
if you ask me, it's disgusting. horses aren't stock animals, they're intelligent, beautiful creatures. you don't slaughter them and eat them. they're not for that.
Your words are exactly what many of the anti hunters say about deer, pheasants, turkey and other wild game. Vegans and other extremists even say it about beef.
Bison is better than beef in my opinion. I have a freind who raises them for slaughter and we buy all our meat from him. We have not bought beef in a few years.
They would ship the meat overseas to skirt the law...
A horse's last look before entering the slaughterhouse.
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A federal court decision that upheld a Texas ban on horse meat for human dining has thrown the horse-slaughter industry into flux, with two airlines saying they won't transport the meat and with representatives of Texas' two slaughter plants giving conflicting reports about whether they have temporarily ceased operations.
"My information now is that the plants are not processing at the moment," industry lobbyist Charles Stenholm said at 4:30 p.m. Thursday about the Beltex plant in Fort Worth and Dallas Crown in Kaufman. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that if you can't ship the meat, you can't process it."
But 20 minutes later, Dallas Crown operator Christopher Soenen said the Kaufman plant was still operating. Dallas Crown attorney Mark Calabria then clarified, saying production would probably be reduced temporarily as the plant processes for pet food and zoo food only.
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/
I guess if I was on a 1000 mile road march in Enemy teritory, I would consider eating it as a last resort...[}:)]
We used to take horses to the slaughter house. Not sure what it is now but it was .50 a pound. The meat itself looks good to me, I'd eat it. Never seen it with the coal dust tho. The house we took them to packaged and shipped to France. To my knowledge they are still operating at full steam.
I have eaten smoked horsemeat sausage sandwiches on the bank of the Good Horse river. No problem with it and would eat it again if I had to.
I have horses and mules, and have sold many as killers without a thought as to whether they made the Alpo can or a sunday meal in Europe.
quote:Your words are exactly what many of the anti hunters say about deer, pheasants, turkey and other wild game. Vegans and other extremists even say it about beef.I guess there's a line to be drawn somewhere, everybody's got their own. I don't have a problem eating cows, pigs or wild game. horses aren't in that category.
To me, eating a horse is like eating a dog. The French do love their horsemeat, however.
[:D] not as a usual dish ,but a place close by does horse meat for dogs to eat, & it never ceases to amaize me how big the quew is , i seen several folk in that line that ain't got no dog !! [:p]
must be good, i remember having it years ago ,bit like kangaroo ,i seem to recall, when i was in NZ.[:D]
Appearently, the stud didn't perform as expected....so the Japs ate him.
As you can imagine, the folks in horse country were quite pissed. There were bills introduced in Frankfort to ban the sale of horses to Japan, but I'm not sure if any of them passed
Its a typical Cuban delicacy called tasajo, traditionally made with horse meat. My Cuban friends turned me on to this years ago and I eat it about twice a month. Note the recipe refers to "* beef", but the real McCoy is horse meat, which is more expensive.
heres a link for the recipe:
http://www.tasteofcuba.com/tasajo.html
From previous discussions...
http://forums.forthehunt.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=216185&SearchTerms=horse,meat
http://forums.forthehunt.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=100673&SearchTerms=horse,meat
This is a good synopsis of the concept and history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat
http://www.fund4horses.org/info.php?id=485
http://www.igha.org/USDA.html
Horses were common across America for millions of years until the arrival of the "Clovis" people, who ate them all. Flash Forward a Couple thousand years...The Spanish conquered the Americas in 1400's because a few hundred men with horses could defeat armies of tens of thousands.
Thank gawd we are having fish tonight![;)]dang "CLOVIS" IJITS SOUNDS LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS KIN[}:)][V]
Horse meat is tough but a lot taster than spotted owl!
Then you've never had spotted owl prepared properly!
Marinate overnight in soy sauce & orange juice (a little black pepper thrown in), and smoke over applewood...Delicious![}:)]
During WW2 when meat was rationed and in very short supply even if you had "Red Stamps", there were signs in pet stores stating " Horse meat for dogs".
Buffalo are crossbred with beef and called beefalo.
I've tasted it and it was OK.