Have you or would you ever eat horse meat?

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My brother and I were raised by our single mom. She did a great job, and we had no clue we were poor. Mom bought us horse meat, because it was so cheap. She had to work nights at the police station, so my brother and I took turns making the horse hamburgers. When I tell people about this, they say it's horrible and cruel. Is it?  Those same people don't have any problem eating this little guy.  People are goofy.

EmbraceThePain · Accepted Answer

Have I? No, I have not.

Would I? No, due to what you just touched on, in regards to the ethics and morality of it. I’m moving more and more away from factory farming derived meats and more into ethically raised and killed meats. To me, the absolute pinnacle of this philosophy would be deriving meat from a hunt you went on, where the animal was put down in its natural habitat without suffering. Throughout my life, I’ve moved closer to living like this, of course feeling better about myself if I’m honest but I also think I feel better about myself because it is the best or right thing to do.

crossdressingrihno · Accepted Answer

I think a lot more people have eaten horse meat than they realize

I looked into it and there are multiple contradicting sources I don't know if it has to do with what years they were made in or something like that but this place called Aldi's is consistently being called out for using horse meat

Fact is horse meat is used in some beef products which are fairly common in the American home today

You might not know it but I think almost every American has eaten horse meat before and just hasn't realized it

Apulu_Imback · Accepted Answer

Well the life of horse is equally important and life of Chicken, Cow, lamb, plants (come on they also feel. They are living organisms) and all. Just because they are appealing doesn't means that their life worths more. This is a harsh reality that most don't want to believe hence they say you cruel and stuff. If I still continue eating meat in future then I will try it if I can. But most likely I won't eat meat in future because I don't like the taste of it mostly. I left non veg once but then after school started I needed more protein so my dad said me to continue.

DermalPunch · Accepted Answer

Your poll options are confusing to me. I have no issue with eating horse meat however there is a big problem with the horse meat industry. A lot of the horses sent for slaughter are not fit to be consumed. Also, you've probably eaten horse meat already since it's snuck into packaged foods like frozen meatballs but not labelled.

ODC2112 · Answer

In the country where I live, it is common to eat horse meat, as in many other European countries except the British Isles. Horse meat is low in fat and high in iron. The low fats are 70% unsaturated, so they bring very little cholesterol like chicken meat, but it has a lot of iron. Meat can be considered better than that of bovine as a nutritional contribution.

In the past I ate horse meat and donkey meat both as cured meats, the horse meat was horse bresaola and the donkey meat was donkey salami, which is now very rare to find.

Redhead999 · Answer

I have. There was the tesco scandal a few years ago.

HighlyVolatile · Answer

We eat a lot here in Japan and often raw. We call basashi: But not farmed typically for slaughter. Mostly old horses. We just don't bury dead horses. We eat them.

penteractgaming · Answer

I always thought it was odd that people draw arbitrary lines like that. i. e. cow/pig/sheep/chivken is fine but horse crosses a line for some reason. If you're going to get squeemish about eating a horse, its hard to craft an argument that couldnt also apply to pretty much any animal.

call_me_scar · Answer

I'd eat it if it tasted just as good, theirs a fun YouTube video over a time when meats got mixed up in a frozen food product so people who thought they had beef actually ate horse and when the public became aware of this some bought up the horse meat to compare it against normal beef

DARKCLOUD1945X · Answer

Do you know how many times you have eaten horse meat? Most people would not even know that they have had horse meat it looks the same a little sweeter the fat color is a little different NYC had a problem in the 60s with meat vendors swapping horse meat for beef and was an ongoing problem for a few years of course meat inspectors were in on the deal and horse was routinely found in supermarket meat cases Yes I knowingly have had horse meat in Italy where it is still serve in places.

Emilyis · Answer

Horse meat in a delicacy in Europe. Only in America, are horses treated as pets. I have had horsemeat in Paris and it's actually good. I have had horses most of my life here in Texas.

Guy13 · Answer

I ate mountain oyster and probably both dog and cat in SE Asia…SURE, bring some over…I’ll put in a line ranger mask and hat and have a good time. You bring the reigns and ass slap stick

ShadowMonarch · Answer

horse meat was a norm in old times I don't think there's anything wrong in eating I mean people even eat alligators?

Sun_Kim-Ai · Answer

Yes, I used to eat horse steaks, and horse meat with rice and potatoes, they were my favorite dishes!

purplepoppy · Answer

I've eaten zebra steaks and they were OK. As for horse I suspect we all eat that without knowing from time to time without knowing.

ArtemisSilver · Answer

Well I did eat meatballs at Ikea... So oopsies.

Honestly if the horsemeat was otherwise going to go to waste as it usually does here I see no problem with it. Just good resource management. It's not like horses eat anything particularly dirty.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Almost certainly have, it caused a big scandal a few years ago in the UK Willingly well sure given I've had the regular meats, venison, wild boar, duck and other game birds

exitseven · Answer

On the old Tonight Show Johnny Carson had a taste test where people had to figure out which was the horse burger out of a few hamburgers. Nobody was able to do it.

MTC29 · Answer

I've eaten horse meat. It tastes something like venison (deer). Even so, there is nothing remarkable about it.

Sonorous · Answer

Yeah. Only because I told myself that if I'm going to eat meat, I'm gonna have to be okay with eating every type of meat that's safe to consume.

MuddyMole · Answer

It's not a big deal. You can buy in supermarkets across half of Europe.

blissinanarchy1 · Answer

Horse meat would likely be something I'd eat if it were suggested to me by other people when out to eat.

abc3643 · Answer

I will simply say this: 1. I am a horse owner. 2. I've met horses I would eat.

Redstang88 · Answer

Yeah I’m not opposed to it, I’ve tried just about everything else

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