Horse is only considered an "exotic" meat in America and a handful of European countries. It is a common, everyday food item in most of the world, no different from beef, pork, or chicken. The arguments that it's cruel are either based on "noooo but the pretty horsies! So magestic and free!" or are just the exact same extremely valid arguments against all of animal agriculture and apply just the same to every other piece of meat any American has eaten in their life.
Really? I'm pretty well traveled and can't seem to remember finding it on menus often. And I specialize in eating like the locals in the little restaurants. Even if you can find horse, it's an exotic meat and more expensive. And I've seen dog on menus before. (it was 4x the price of the same pork dish)
It's generally considered a bit of a luxury item everywhere, but I've had more than a few really good horse tacos in Mexico, and Ikea meatballs for a while had some horse meat in most of the world until some of the "nooooo but the horsies are so magestic!" Activists got mad about it in Europe
It's also very commonly added to ground beef and other beef products around the world, but that is usually not food-grade horse, so I would argue that's probably not great, but I think the repeated arguments from people that the horsemeat trade must be ended at all costs, by force if necessary are insane.
The main issues are labeling and the use of food-unsafe drugs in animals
and Ikea meatballs for a while had some horse meat in most of the world
Those were also very good at that time and absolute garbage after they stopped. They may have changed the recipe further, but the time periods do line up.
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Horse is only considered an "exotic" meat in America and a handful of European countries. It is a common, everyday food item in most of the world, no different from beef, pork, or chicken. The arguments that it's cruel are either based on "noooo but the pretty horsies! So magestic and free!" or are just the exact same extremely valid arguments against all of animal agriculture and apply just the same to every other piece of meat any American has eaten in their life.
Really? I'm pretty well traveled and can't seem to remember finding it on menus often. And I specialize in eating like the locals in the little restaurants. Even if you can find horse, it's an exotic meat and more expensive. And I've seen dog on menus before. (it was 4x the price of the same pork dish)
It's generally considered a bit of a luxury item everywhere, but I've had more than a few really good horse tacos in Mexico, and Ikea meatballs for a while had some horse meat in most of the world until some of the "nooooo but the horsies are so magestic!" Activists got mad about it in Europe
It's also very commonly added to ground beef and other beef products around the world, but that is usually not food-grade horse, so I would argue that's probably not great, but I think the repeated arguments from people that the horsemeat trade must be ended at all costs, by force if necessary are insane.
The main issues are labeling and the use of food-unsafe drugs in animals
Those were also very good at that time and absolute garbage after they stopped. They may have changed the recipe further, but the time periods do line up.