Nay

Pretty much. I had really good horse meat sashimi in Japan and it tasted pretty much identical to elk or deer. It was tasty, but not something I'd feel like going out of my way for.

Yeah it's not far off deer or springbok or kudu or other types of game. Very sinewy. I prefer the others a bit over horse though. Horse tastes a bit more "dirty" to me.

Iirc, It was a national problem. Not just Tesco.

Nobody in the supply chain was being overly cautious about what their suppliers were providing them. Resulting in horse meat being found in loads of places.

"It was tastier when it was horse"?

In the US it's seen as taboo to eat animals that provide labor or companionship to humans, it's almost like a betrayal. This includes horses, donkeys, dogs and cats.

Apparently you guys slaughter quite a lot of horses, but you probably just export the meat, mostly.

It used to be found in a lot of cheap canned dog food, but now most dogs eat better than I did as a kid.

The Tongans around here used to eat l, and probably still do, eat horse. I was working graveyard with a guy and he offered some of his food. Turns out it was a horse meat dish cooked in milk to tenderize it. It was sweeter then beef, wasn't bad, but wasn't great either. At least cooked like that.

Yeah, I live in Korea and bring horse jerky back to the US as gifts. Don't think customs would like finding it though.

I've had horse meat in Italy. Nice with polenta.

It's not tough at all. You know how beef tastes like beef? It's like that, only horse.

Where I come from, South Sardinia, it's a delicacy; very common. Buy it fresh, very thinly sliced, cook shortly with garlic, Evo oil and parsley. It's lovely!

it was really tough, i ate it once because my grandfather believed it helps with people with low iron.

That's interesting because in fact the only times I had it was as a spread, many many years ago. It's got this slightly gamey taste, great on toast.

Horse meat is consumed regularly in some Central-Asian countries. From what I've heard, it's lean as hell, moreso than lamb.

I've ridden horses for years, but I don't mind eating horse.

Maybe it's just me, but I feel more kinship with cows than with horses. Cows are fairly intelligent, like regular pack animals. Horses are afraid or everything all the time, it's exhausting.

Of course I eat some cow every now and then, but if I had to choose, I'd eat horses. They're not as worthy.

Maybe I'm just weird, but I don't get this. I think all animal mistreatment is bad, and I try to reduce how much meat I eat, but I still eat it. I've never understood the attachment people have to horses where they won't eat it. Most people have probably never seen a horse in person, let alone ridden one. I have, and it wouldn't bother me. I'd eat dog too for that matter, and I have had a pet dog and love dogs. As long as they aren't mistreated (which they will be if farmed on a large scale, but that's another issue) then why does it bother you? As far as I'm aware, it's really only an English and American thing, and particularly American.

In addition, I'm assuming you eat cow/chicken/etc? How does their mistreatment not make you avoid eating them? Shouldn't that be more important than what type of meat it is?

Ah, yes. A meat everyone can relate to. Very useful.

Oh, I did not know it was also common in Italy. I knew about donkey meat in salami. Good to know!