Horse meat - I want to eat it.

[angus]

I can't remember ever eating it.  I've never ridden a horse either, come to think of it.  I'd probably ride or eat one, if it became necessary, although I can't see going out of my way to do either.

In my experience, mammals that are herbivores are usually pretty tasty, but carnivorous mammals are not.  It's not that way with fish and reptiles and birds.  I'm not sure why.  Anyway, horses are vegetarians so I'd expect their flesh to taste, more or less, similar to alpaca, deer, and the like.  Texturally it'd be different, but I like jerked meats and I like octopus and conch and even crunchy meats, so the "stringy" or "tough" part doesn't bother me.  Neither does flatulence.

[angus]

I can't remember ever eating it.  I've never ridden a horse either, come to think of it.  I'd probably ride or eat one, if it became necessary, although I can't see going out of my way to do either.

In my experience, mammals that are herbivores are usually pretty tasty, but carnivorous mammals are not.  It's not that way with fish and reptiles and birds.  I'm not sure why.  Anyway, horses are vegetarians so I'd expect their flesh to taste, more or less, similar to alpaca, deer, and the like.  Texturally it'd be different, but I like jerked meats and I like octopus and conch and even crunchy meats, so the "stringy" or "tough" part doesn't bother me.  Neither does flatulence.

What carnivorous mammals have you eaten? Dog?

Never had any dog.  I've had omnivorous primate and rodent, and carnivorous feline.  As for herbivores, I recall having sampled antelope, alpaca, llama, cuy, cow, pig, goat, lamb, sheep, rabbit, deer, elk, buffalo, and guinea pig.  Controling for "gameyness" and "stringyness" so to speak, and allowing myself to judge the meat on the palette of amino acids and adipose tissue that make up the bulk of the flesh, I judge herbivores to be more delicious.  I suspect that I'm not alone.  We often encounter the various ungulates and primarily herbivorous rodents on menus, but we rarely encounter feline, canine, or ursine mammals.  Even dolphin-free tuna is required (although that may have more to do with political correctness than with the fact that dolphins prefer fish to seaweed).  

It may all be coincidental, but I suspect it isn't.  At least I know that if I were ever in a situation such as that depicted on the movie "Alive" I'd be sure to find out who is and who isn't a vegetarian before folks start dying off.  I wouldn't want to go cannibal, but in a pinch, I'll eat the herbivores first.

Anyway, horse falls under the okay to eat category in my book.  I'm not going out of my way to eat it, but if it comes down to horse or polar bear, I'll take the horse.

[angus]

Meat is gross :s

Oh good lord!  Are you a vegetarian?  That practice disgusts me.

Not me.  That's exactly who I want to sit beside on the plane.

[angus]

Hey, it turns out that you can find it pretty easily in the UK.  Just look for packages of "frozen beef lasagne."  Yep, that's right.  I just saw this on PBS last night.  Apparently there's some French company supplying "beef" for lasagne that is actually horsemeat.

I actually laughed out loud at the irony.  Imagine that.  You might expect that in the United States.  Here, we have "Texas" chili from New Jersey, "champagne" from California, and the like, but in EU member states, with their panties in tight little wads about the accuracy of labeling, and where you can't call something bologna unless it's born, killed, and processed a one square mile region in Tuscany or whatever, you get horse that's called "beef."  The irony is delicious, and so, maybe, is the horse.

Anyway opebo, if you're in the UK or France, try the "beef." 

[angus]

Dude, that's what this thread is about Ang.

ah, the French "beef" inspired the thread, did it?  You have to admit that the irony is beautiful.

Well, better late than never.  I really don't watch the news much nowadays.  It's usually depressing.