I ate horse meat in France when I was stationed there. They have butcher shops exclusively for horse. And I do believe I have eaten dog in Taiwan. I know that rats are raised for human consumption in China.
I believe that the last "legal" slaughter house for horses was closed down several years ago. That said, If my information is correct, horses are still being shipped to France.
I agree that humane slaughter of the thousands of horses that are available is a more palatable (no pun intended) alternative to letting them starve to death. Anyone keeping up with the Mustang round up by the federal government?
Goat is a big commodity here in Oklahoma, both for the Hispanic population and the Near East population.
Snake is good. Lots of rattlesnake meat sold here during the 4 or 5 annual "round ups". I also ate Cobra in Taiwan where it is considered medicinal rather than simply food. Interesting to go to an open air market where you are flanked on 3 sides by cages and cages of different snakes. The proprietor, after ascertaining your illness, will select a broth made with whatever snake parts are suitable for you. In my case, through my interpreter friend. You know the old saying: "tastes like chicken".
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From: dbauer7997us <DBauer7998@aol.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:24 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Eating Non-Traditional Meats
I know most people abhor the idea of eating a dog - or a cat, or a horse, for that matter. While I have tried none of these, the only reasons are that a) I have not been offered it by someone who does cook it and b) I have never been hungry enough to have to eat it. It's easy to look down our noses at people who eat animals that we do not normally recognize as food sources, but we can only afford to do so because we have not been on the brink of starvation ourselves. In those circumstances, people can't afford to be picky. I'd sure as shoot cook a dog, cat, horse (or any other edible animal) before I'd let my child starve to death. I'd kill and cook rats before I'd let my child die of hunger.
What I don't know is if carnivores should be processed differently that herbivores. I seem to remember hearing long ago that human beings must be more careful with the meat of carnivores due to the risk of carnivores being more of a potential source of disease and/or parasites than herbivores are. I would have to research this to be certain of the answer.
Actually, I'm rather against the ban on processing horsemeat here in the United States. While I don't personally desire to sit down to an equine meal, horses are considered farm animals - and the only way to logically dispose of farm animals that are no longer useful is to butcher them. Better that than letting them slowly starve to death and become fodder for an episode "Animal Cops Houston", for heavens sake.
There are people who go hungry here in the United States. This is not just a Third World issue. Can we really logically ban the consumption of certain species simply because we are emotionally attached to them or because they are "cute"? That makes no sense.
ALL animals should be treated humanely and their lives made as satisfying as is possible. All animals used as a food source should be dispatched by humane methods - always. (In other words, we should treat animals more humanely than we normally treat each other.)
There is a heavy Caribbean influence where I live, and goat is routinely offered in the grocery stores are cater to Hispanics. There are other meats that I cannot identify that animal that they came from. Chris (my son) says goat is pretty good, so I may try it sometime this summer. If course, he also says hippo is also pretty good, but I don't think I'll find that offered around here any time in the near future.
With boas and pythons taking over the Everglades and other parts of South Florida, perhaps we should develop a taste for snake and make the critters worth catching. I mean, some of those snakes are HUGE and would provide a lot of meat to someone who is hungry.
But I'm still glad I buried my 22-year-old cat out in the garden by the bird bath and didn't fricassee her when she died.
Di
Central Florida Zone 9a/b
What I don't know is if carnivores should be processed differently that herbivores. I seem to remember hearing long ago that human beings must be more careful with the meat of carnivores due to the risk of carnivores being more of a potential source of disease and/or parasites than herbivores are. I would have to research this to be certain of the answer.
Actually, I'm rather against the ban on processing horsemeat here in the United States. While I don't personally desire to sit down to an equine meal, horses are considered farm animals - and the only way to logically dispose of farm animals that are no longer useful is to butcher them. Better that than letting them slowly starve to death and become fodder for an episode "Animal Cops Houston", for heavens sake.
There are people who go hungry here in the United States. This is not just a Third World issue. Can we really logically ban the consumption of certain species simply because we are emotionally attached to them or because they are "cute"? That makes no sense.
ALL animals should be treated humanely and their lives made as satisfying as is possible. All animals used as a food source should be dispatched by humane methods - always. (In other words, we should treat animals more humanely than we normally treat each other.)
There is a heavy Caribbean influence where I live, and goat is routinely offered in the grocery stores are cater to Hispanics. There are other meats that I cannot identify that animal that they came from. Chris (my son) says goat is pretty good, so I may try it sometime this summer. If course, he also says hippo is also pretty good, but I don't think I'll find that offered around here any time in the near future.
With boas and pythons taking over the Everglades and other parts of South Florida, perhaps we should develop a taste for snake and make the critters worth catching. I mean, some of those snakes are HUGE and would provide a lot of meat to someone who is hungry.
But I'm still glad I buried my 22-year-old cat out in the garden by the bird bath and didn't fricassee her when she died.
Di
Central Florida Zone 9a/b
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