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I remember back in the 40s when selling horse meat became against the law in Ca. Though never knowingly, my dad said we had probably purchased it and eaten it many times. After that, I am sure we didn't have it. And to this day, I have no intentions of trying it. I am sure it is as good or better than beef, but it has to do with what you see when you look at an animal. It has to do with tradition in the country you live. We eat so many meats others think should never be consumed and we would never consume what they eat.
To me, eating horse meat would be like eating a cat, or dog. Of course I am not a lover of wild game either, but love rabbit. My dad raised them when I was a kid.
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If I had a friend trot out offers of free meat without needing to pony up cash in return I'd be jockeying for position at the front of the chow line and digging in with unbridled enthusiasm.
Is horse legal for human consumption in the US now?
I remember specialty butcher shops selling horse and emergency slaughtered live stock - meat, sausage, salami, at below market price. Look at the ingredients in really good salame.
Horse meat? I didn't t think anyone ate that, but I guess some people will try anything. I also thought it was illegal!
Personally, I wouldn't try it. Just like I also wouldn't try a cat or a dog as I see them more as pets and not food. I'm not vegetarian BTW, I love a good steak but just not from an animal that one thinks of as an everyday pet. (Of course my daughter keeps asking for a pocket pig as a pet, but I have said no).
Meats meat, and I didn't even kill it, just kept some of it from rotting away.
Cut some into steaks and stew meat for the freezer, and have about 6lbs maranating to turn into jerkey.
I think turtle and Gator are "more weird " (which i grew up eating) and don't even get me STARTED ON eggs! "I think I'll eat the next thing that comes out of that birds butt!!!!"
Meats meat, and I didn't even kill it, just kept some of it from rotting away.
Cut some into steaks and stew meat for the freezer, and have about 6lbs maranating to turn into jerkey.
I think turtle and Gator are "more weird " (which i grew up eating) and don't even get me STARTED ON eggs! "I think I'll eat the next thing that comes out of that birds butt!!!!"
WOW, that's incredible! However, it looks like it's legal to eat dogs and cats in 44 states in the U.S. The handful of states explicitly outlaws dog meat, including Georgia, California, Michigan, Hawaii, New York, New Jersey and Virginia. AMAZING to me that this wouldn't be outlawed as well!
Has anyone ever heard this myth that George Washington decreed horses should not be eaten because they were our partners in battle? I heard that is where Americans aversion to horse meat came from.
I've loved and had horses my whole life but they are a disposal problem when they die. I don't know if I'd try the meat or not. I try to be open-minded....
Horses are often injected with not-safe-for-human-consumption stuff, as their medications aren't chosen with that in mind like other meat livestock are. Personally, I would not eat horse in the US, as I don't know how much of that can linger in the muscles and fatty tissue of the animal.
If I had a friend trot out offers of free meat without needing to pony up cash in return I'd be jockeying for position at the front of the chow line and digging in with unbridled enthusiasm.
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