They Eat Horses, Don't They?

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Doubtful. I believe most Americans don't like the taste of lamb/are unfamiliar with it (because it's considered 'gamey') -- I don't see horsemeat taking off here.

Fuck off GGG you boring cunt.

Germany here. I met one person in my entire life who ate horse meat, and he imported some sausages to pull pranks on others he wanted to catch unaware of what they were eating. It's not a thing here.

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Oh G3, I used to love you...

R2, that's really interesting. Do Americans not tend to eat much lamb? It's a bit thing here in Australia. I'm vegetarian now, but lamb was one of the last meats I gave up.

^it's a big thing...

Sorry!

R7 I am an American who grew up eating lamb, and still eat it once a month, but my parents are from Turkey, and Iran.

Well I never!

Americans eat lamb but it's not as popular as beef or chicken. A lot of people don't know how to cook it but I see lamb chops at restaurants all the time. The "dirty socks" musk taste is a turn off but I've found that Colorado raised lamb doesn't have that taste at all.

R7, Americans don't eat much lamb. I love it, but it's somewhat hard to find in grocery stores, and when you do (usually at middle eastern markets in my area anyhow), it's a bit expensive. I believe lamb used to be more popular in the 1950s/60s, as I'll see recipes for it in old cookbooks from that era though (lamb chops, rack of lamb).

Duck is another meat I wish was more popular here.

Let’s talk lamb instead of horse.

American here...I used to live in Paris, and there was a horse butcher right down the street. I don't find it objectionable, at all. I think Americans don't like eating things that are usually thought-of as cute.

I'm also vegetarian but some things are more acceptable than others. Horse meat is not acceptable. Fucking disgusting. My husband won't eat lamb. That's for old gross people like his mom and my dad.

Years ago when I was a kid, my dog had worms and the vet recommended feeding him horsemeat. It came in cans and was located in the pet food section, but I have no idea if it's still considered dog food. Anyway, I loved horses so I was very upset that my dog was eating their flesh for dinner every night. I'll never forget the way it smelled... not bad, but just not something I wanted to smell. No, I could never eat horsemeat.

Someone who tried it told me it was stringy.

I think lambchops are still popular in the U.S., but mutton is definitely obsolete here.

My favorite place for Horse is United in Mgarr, Malta.

No one eats mutton.

Most Americans eat beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and certain fish and shellfish, and that's about it. The idea of eating horses, like eating cats or dogs, is regarded as being one step away from cannibalism, an act of desperation or depravity.

Lamb is expensive in America.

Eating horse sounds gross.

Lamb is more expensive than beef everywhere because of demand from Muslim Countries.

I grew up in Germany and I don’t know one person under 40 who has eaten horse meat.

I loved that commercial R22. Love that music. I think it's called Hoe Down.

I loved it as well, even before I knew it was gay music.

At a restaurant just outside Padua I had horse-meat. I did not order it; my Italian friends did. They told me after dinner what I had eaten. I remember it as really tender and tasty. 💁‍♂️

Horse sashimi is a thing in Tokyo, apparently.

I could not swear to it, but it's possible I tried it in Belgium decades ago. If so, I don't recall hating it or being creeped out, although I wouldn't eat it again. Too associated with pets, similar to cats and dogs.

I ate horse meat in Japan-- it's called basashi and it's eaten raw.

R31, was it good?

I guess it's ok. I also had raw deer and cooked whale. I don't really like a lot of meat, but in Japan, you really have to eat what they put in front of you.

R33 what happens if you refuse?

Raw horsemeat or deer is not good for you.

Nothing happens, but you don't have anything to eat if you don't eat what's prepared. I'm talking about at inns or banquets. That's where food like that is served. No one is going to go and make something because you don't want to eat the specialty.

What did whale taste like, R33?

I grew up with the forbidden meat with a German part of the family.

They treated it like contraband but it was just fine to my young-and-very-careful tastes. However, it was fibrous in a way beef isn't. Sinewy.

I once ate kangaroo meat and ut smelled funny. But whale meat tasted just like beef.

As an exchange student in France in the early 70s. When France was still very "French."

R34, seeing as it is Japan, it would probably be rude to refuse, and there are probably over 1,000 ways to be considered rude at a dinner table over there.

I had what I thought was hamburger when I was stationed in Germany in the late 70s. I found out later it was horsemeat. It was delicious and I kept on eating it every time I was in that neighborhood.

Horse here. I'd rather they didn't do it anywhere. It goes without saying, I wouldn't eat horse "meat" ever.

[quote] What did whale taste like, [R33]?

It tasted like corned beef. I had it in a very rural fishing town where you could see whale for sale in the markets. It wasn't good. But the grossest thing I ever had over there was fried blowfish balls. Raw fish balls are fine but when they're fried, they are veiny and the fish jizz squirts out when you bite into them. Also koi is gross. It's not often eaten since it's like catfish, an oily shit-eating fish.

I used to love when my mother would serve lamb. I'd steal the leftover mint jelly, some marachino cherries, and a martini glass to play "gay divorcee". I have no idea how 7 year old me came up with it, but, allegedly, you could see me from space.

R45 I just busted a gut over that one. That one belongs in the classic "dialing the phone with a pencil" thread.

People will eat anything i guess

Americans eat lamb, but it is expensive. My family eats lamb every Easter. I used to buy lamb chops a lot, but they've just gotten too pricey. Ground lamb to make lamburgers is not uncommon. It's funny-- I never found lamb to be "gamey" at all. It tastes very similar to beef, to me. I got tricked into eating venison once, and I was furious when I found out what it was. I kept thinking it was rancid-- tasted awful!

I think eating a horse is disgusting and no different than eating dog. The way our wild horses have been treated in this country is horrific. I'd like to see some asshole politicians strung up for what they've allowed to happen-- importing American wild horses to France for meat. Awful.

Not knowingly, and I don't eat mammals at all now but when there was the horse meat scandal a few years ago in the UK, I think it's possible I ate it unknowingly in the past.

I've eaten horse in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. I don't see what the fuss is about. It's just meat.

Horses are more expensive, so they are not usually breed for human consumption when other options like beef and lamb are cheaper and better quality. Here they use it to make a kind of jerky called "charqui", not very common. The available horse meat is usually from old animals, kind of rare and not appropriated. I don't get the fuss about from some of you, pigs are way more intelligent than horses, why one is acceptable and the other doesn't? Also traditional salami used to include horse meat.

On a trip to France years ago, I remember seeing a shop with a horses head over the door and being told it sold horse meat. Do they still have those? I haven’t seen any since that first trip.

I figure with Chuck, duck, goose, turkey, beef and pork, there's enough meat to eat. I've tried rabbit, deer, lamb, ostrich and frog's legs. The last time I had lamb, I nearly choked on the gristle so I haven't had it since.

I could never consider eating horse because they are precious as service animals and companions, and even a wild horse that won't go near humans is just too awesome to look at. There's a lot you can do with the meat that's available in most markets. I don't need to eat rare meat to feel fancy.

[quote]I once had horse meat in a bratwurst and I would love to eat a horse sourbraten. Yummy!

Are you really German, OP? Because we spell that word sauerbraten in the US -- and I assume it's spelled that way in German, too.

My father and I huntered for many years in New Zealand when I was growing up. Meats on offer Wild Boar, Venison, Rabbit, Ducks etc. Lamb is everywhere, we export most of it along with Beef. Ate horse in the Netherlands, tasted fine to me. Lived in Aussie for years, only really lean meat is Kangaroo. Sorry to all the vegans and veggos....not

Wasn't there a M*A*S*H episode about where someone got sick from eating horse meat - and Col. Potter was appalled because he loves horses?

[quote]we spell that word 'sauerbraten" in the US and I assume it's spelled that way in German, too

It is indeed

Yes, it is! I am German.

Didn't Jack In the Box get busted for serving horse meat in their tacos in the 80s?

The most popular sandwich at a Parma, Italy restaurant at lunch time is Horse tartar ! There is line going outside for it daily.

R46, I shared my Price Is Right model fantasy in one of those threads. I have always had a vivid imagination.

To be on topic, I eat horse dick any chance I get, but I prefer it on the bone & alive.

Eating horse is taboo in many cultures around the world.

In Ljubljana, Slovenia, the late night drunk snack is Hot-Horse burgers. They used to be sold only from a stand but now even have proper restaurants. It’s ok. No freakier than a hot dog which most Americans readily slurp down.

I can only eat roast leg of lamb when it's fresh from the oven. Cold is is awful.

Lamb kebabs in the middle east are great.

I love lamb when it's mild, but when ordering it in a restaurant, it's a roll of the dice as you never know how gamey it will be. So I rarely eat it.

I used to love the souvlaki sandwiches at Karavas Place in NYC.

Tastes a bit like a cosmo.

Yes back in the 90s.

Next door neighbours were from Ghent, Belgium. It was their wedding anniversary and one of their family brought some. It was raw, sliced very thin like a carpaccio. Tasted sweet. Was ok.

I own racehorses and many are bought at sales or sold privately for human or animal consumption.

R67 The buying part sounds kind of disgusting. So when they can't ride them anymore, they are sold for food? I don't think that's okay.

Bison is quite good. I had my share at Yellowstone. I don't know if Ted Turner still owns his bison ranch in Montana, but at the time, it was something they were pushing as a healthier alternative to beef.

I had it in Kazakhstan, it's national dish there as boiled with some dumplings/pasta or as sausage. there was really nothing else to eat. It very lean, almost gamey taste. Sausage is better.

Elk steaks are delicious.

r58 So why can't you spell sauerbraten?

We eat it in Switzerland. Horse steak, and as ragout. We also have dried horse meat that is similar to dried beef - which is a mountain thing. Thinly sliced, like dried ham. Horse meat is fine but cut like beef become inedible when over cooked.

Also available in the supermarket is deer, roe deer and wild boar. And rabbit but I don't buy rabbit though I'll eat it when served to me.

Does anybody else like rabbit?

Lived in Switzerland and France for 40 years. Never ate horse but I used to buy it for my dogs. Very strong order, off-putting and it gave my dogs skin problems. The vet claimed horsemeat was too rich.

My favorite meat is Provincetown bear steaks. So fatty and greasy!

From what I understand, strong tasting lamb is from an old animal. In the US most people don't know what quality young lamb is, hence the strong gamey taste.

Former travel writer. I was on a press trip to Belgium years ago and it was served, so as a matter of protocol I tried some. I didn't like it. To be honest, if the more cruciferous vegetables and soy products didn't make my feel like a rat was running through my guts, followed by horrific gas, I would go vegetarian again.

I've always heard that horse meat tasted sweet.

I ate camel once (in Kuwait.) It was similar to beef, but drier (maybe that was how it was cooked.)

Speaking of foreign meat --- what's the US equivalent of gammon -- and if there isn't one, why don't we eat it here?

Horse sausages very common in parts of Germany. Had a delicious horse carpaccio in Japan. When we asked what it was the waiter made whinny sounds to explain.

WTF is gammon?

gammon is ham in the UK

We call it ham R82.

I say 'neigh'! Er, 'nay.' Certainly not!

Gammon is supposed to be cured like bacon; ham is not. Gammon is raw; ham i usually sold already cooked.

I cooked gammon over here in the UK on Monday for lunch with new potatoes & peas, with a cheese sauce.

Was very nice. Going to use the leftovers with the chicken I cooked yesterday to make Chicken, leek & ham pie today.

As I said, I'm a vegetarian and find this completely disgusting. But some of it is more disgusting than the rest. Who ate bear? That is almost like eating a person. This is 2021 and you people are not starving in some shack in the woods. Where are your standards? Where is the line? I'm really curious.

I eat bison burgers all the time - they taste like beef but lower fat & higher protein. I’ve had gator in New Orleans, rabbit snails & frogs legs in France, bat in New Guinea and elk, venison, moose and Rocky Mountain oysters in Denver. And I’m not a particularly adventurous eater.

Your lasagna might have lost the big race on Saturday.

Horsemeat is, for example, commonly eaten in (parts of) Italy, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, while, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, there has historically been a strong cultural aversion to eating it.

Bear is insanely delicious and tastes like no other meat. They are legal to kill under certain circumstances.

Why would you kill a baby sheep to eat, but not baby chickens, baby cows, etc.?

Baby chickens are too small R91. Veal is delicious. I do a fab Veal Piccata.

R91 They do kill baby chickens, they are called Poussin and are delicious.

Horsemeat is not kosher.

I’ve also heard that the horse was a sacred animal to pagan Britons, and that the taboo against eating horsemeat continued even after the country converted to Christianity.

R94 British people have eaten horse meat on and off for centuries, especially it times of War or famine.

Just had a delicious horse steak in Iceland. Like beef but with a grassy flavor.

In West Virginia they actually eat horse shit burgers