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[tenngun]

I’ve eaten horse and donkey. I found it pretty tasty. You could say it was beefy like deer is beefy or muttony. It tasted like horse, I would say closer in flavor to mutton then beef but is very good
I understand it remains very popular in France.
That story makes a lot sense. I know there are you tube vids of Irish people tasting food from all around the world. One is tasting ‘Irish Food’ guinness was the only thing they recognized.
Immigrants coming to America in the nineteenth century suddenly had more meat in their diet in a month then a year back home. By WW1 Americans coming to Europe were ‘giants’, taller and heavier then the average European.

 

[Eutycus]

Irish peasants couldn't afford beef.

Some of us American peasants are having a rough time too.

 

[Carbon 6]

That story makes a lot sense.

Where you referring to what I wrote ?

 

[tenngun]

Where you referring to what I wrote ?

Yes, that story sounds believable. In just ten years horse traffic in us cities was almost completely eliminated. A glut of horses no one needed any more.
In the movie “the Revenant” DeCaprio is hungry and tired, sleeps in a horse belly to get warm, but the next day leaves a thousand pounds of meat on the ground. Such an idiot deserves to die in the woods.

 

[Carbon 6]

Yes, that story sounds believable. In just ten years horse traffic in us cities was almost completely eliminated. A glut of horses no one needed any more.
In the movie “the Revenant” DeCaprio is hungry and tired, sleeps in a horse belly to get warm, but the next day leaves a thousand pounds of meat on the ground. Such an idiot deserves to die in the woods.

 

[azmntman]

Many on the local reservations are eaten around here.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Alas with what is going on with the corona virus who knows what we will be eating, keep your powder dry you may need it. I figure about $1.00 worth of lead, powder, patches and $5.00 or so for gas, I can feed the me my family and the neighbors for a bit.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

The latest incidence of horse meat ending up in corned beef that I could find was in 2013 in England.

Since 2017 the Trump administration has tried twice to lift the ban on horse meat in the U.S

I think that's because it was labelled "beef", not because the folks ate horse. Horse is still sold as meat in France, for example.

The American ban on horse meat was, I was taught, because when the tetanus vaccine was first produced, it was produce using horses. Folks eating horse meat in their diet would have a reaction when given the vaccine. Supposedly this was a problem when American tetanus booster shots were given to European allies during the Korean War. Tetanus vaccine in their home countries was done with other animals.

The ban on the use of horse in human food was maintained until today because it was thought that certain breeds of horses in the US might be slaughtered as a meat source if the ban were lifted, and would become extinct or at least endangered, or so the information I found, goes.

LD

 

[tenngun]

Horses are also seen as pet like. Cowboys and Amish/Mennonites still use working horses, but 90% of saddle time today is done for fun. You can butcher a hog but not your dog, or a chicken but not a parrots.
In France you can find the first human communities. Strings of permanently occupied caves along a summer winter migration route. Horse seems to be the preferred big game animal. Twenty thousand years later ‘Dinner’ became ‘Blackie’ or ‘Filicka’ even ‘Bosepheus’

 

[ppg1949]

Dogs are eaten in some countries and actual breed for the market. It is just a matter of where you live and the standards that you have been exposed to while growing up.

 

[Carbon 6]

Kezie in Scotland sells horse meat.

https://www.keziefoods.co.uk/Catalogue/Lean-Meats/Exotic-Meats/Horse-Meat

 

[Nyckname]

I think that's because it was labelled "beef", not because the folks ate horse.

Yes. The scandal was over mislabeled products at the British chain Tesco.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Dogs are eaten in some countries and actual breed for the market. It is just a matter of where you live and the standards that you have been exposed to while growing up.

"Dog makes a fine meal."


LD

 

[ppg1949]

If the grocery stores around here keep running out of meat, there will probably be fewer dogs and cats around here when this crisis comes to an end.

 

[tenngun]

Had a friend that brought a Boston Terrier to rendezvous. It was just supper cute and too smart. We called it Cup o Soup

 

[Baxter]

"It was supper cute...". Uhhh...

 

[tenngun]

It was a cute little dog. I’m a little dog fan. Have a Yorkie, Chihuahua, and a yorkie French bull dog mix. I admit it ima softy with them puppies.

 

[Griz44Mag]

Kezie in Scotland sells horse meat.

https://www.keziefoods.co.uk/Catalogue/Lean-Meats/Exotic-Meats/Horse-Meat

I see nothing wrong with horse meat - or kangaroo - or any red meat that's not human - (yet)

 

[smo]

It was a cute little dog. I’m a little dog fan. Have a Yorkie, Chihuahua, and a yorkie French bull dog mix. I admit it ima softy with them puppies.

That reminds me of “Three Dog Night” !

ApPETizer -Chihuahua Salsa & Chips. Main Course- New Yorkie Strips with French (bull dog) Fries! Lol

 

[Nyckname]

@tenngun I want to borrow a dozen really yippy teacup Chihuahuas, that don't know each other, and see how long it takes for me to walk them around the block.