Horse Meat?

[misskaren]

I was wondering if people actually eat (or can eat) horse meat????

[Lily]

Yes, some people actually do eat horse meat.
http://www.foodreference.com/html/arthorsemeat.html

Humans will eat just about anything.

[gilboman]

sure why not?

but i would imagine it to be kind of tough. maybe better for stew or soup.

[porphyra]

Apparently its quite the delicacy in Quebec, and according to the article, there are quite a few butchers in Montreal that sell Horse meat.

Hmm, I should remember to pick up some next time I am in Montreal. Horses are apparently immune to BSE.

[canadian trader]

a girl i used to work with her grandfather was encouraged by their doctor to eat horse meat since its high in iron content apparently..they used to buy at their local butchers..

[gilboman]

Humans will eat just about anything.

who's to say eating a horse or any other animal (other than humans) is any worse than a cow, pig or chicken?

[llbeanburrito]

Canada is a major supplier of horse meat. Bouvry Exports, a Calgary company, operates a horse slaughterhouse in Fort McLeod, AB. The meat is packed into airline cargo containers and flown out of Calgary airport around the world.

[Lily]

who's to say eating a horse or any other animal (other than humans) is any worse than a cow, pig or chicken?

Did I say that? No.

I'm simply stating that people eat all sorts of things.

[gilboman]

Did I say that? No.

I'm simply stating that people eat all sorts of things.

did i say you said that? NO

[Lily]

did i say you said that? NO

Then why would you quote what I said?

[chococrazy]

It's big in Italy. My thought is that if you eat any kind of meat, you have no right to frown upon the eating of any animal (other than humans, of course ), as long as the killing is done humanely.

[gilboman]

Then why would you quote what I said?

i was refering to your statement of "people would eat just about anything "

and adding that there's nothing wrong with that, since anything that we can't eat is just due to our own perceptions that are different among people. it's not any more wrong to eat a dog/cat than a pig. not that i would eat a dog/cat.

[UrbanPoet]

usually people dont eat "useful" Animals.

Horses are used for carriage, Dogs can be used for hunting/sheep gathering etc.
so ppl dont eat them.

animals that are eaten are usually herbivores or omnivores.

[pandaharo]

Apparently horse meat give you lots of energy, they feed it to huskies during races.

[gilboman]

usually people dont eat "useful" Animals.

Horses are used for carriage, Dogs can be used for hunting/sheep gathering etc.
so ppl dont eat them.

animals that are eaten are usually herbivores or omnivores.

cows are very useful, as are sheep/lamb, chicken and etc.. are all useful to us.

the most useless animals in terms of actual function is prolly pets