It's the transporting of animals to the slaughterhouse that I find upsetting. As a young animal to be suddenly dragged away from the only life you've ever known, crammed on a stinky lorry and driven god knows how many hours - the noise and the smell must be terrifying. Last time we were on Skye (obviously loads of sheep there) on our way home in the outskirts of Glasgow we saw one of the Skye transporters, packed full of lambs, pulled up to rest in a lay-by. I think we'd travelled about 4 hours by then.
Discussion thread. Would you eat horse meat?
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Many years ago I ate horsemeat in France. I wanted to try it because the French person I was talking to was so scornful of the British sentimentality towards horses which leads to us not eating horse. It was a dare, if you like.
It was very tasty, but I don't like the way the horses are treated for slaughter and wouldn't eat it again.
It was very tasty, but I don't like the way the horses are treated for slaughter and wouldn't eat it again.
My parents taught me meat comes from animals and that beef for example was from a cow. Then I would go to a very nice petting zoo or see a farm on TV and those conditions seem nice for the cows. What they couldn't/ wouldn't teach me or show me was about the actual conditions that many are kept in, the transport, the slaughter etc. I think that's what we need to see to make an informed decision.
I have eaten rabbit, but my friend kept those next door, so nobody could actually eat it.
I have since eaten wild rabbit that was shot up the field. That had a more earthy flavour. I had no issue eating that.
I love your topics and discussions. We used to eat wild rabbit too. In the days when Mohammed el Fayed owned the London store Harrods, game from his estate would be on sale in the butchery dept. There were often a couple of wild rabbits, very cheap. I used wild rabbit to make a pasta sauce from North Italy. Maybe a recipe from Locatelli 's home cooking.
You could sometimes buy them in Borough Market too. But we havent been there since OH was ill and lock down.
You could sometimes buy them in Borough Market too. But we havent been there since OH was ill and lock down.
I have and it was really nice, had it abroad, would do again. Knew what I was having when I ordered it.
Maybe I just have the whole it’s meat and I’ll try it and I don’t really associate any farmed animal as a pet in the whole food sense. I I had then I’d have never hacked it on the farm
Maybe I just have the whole it’s meat and I’ll try it and I don’t really associate any farmed animal as a pet in the whole food sense. I I had then I’d have never hacked it on the farm
I've eaten it in Iceland, it's the best steak I've ever eaten.
If you look at it logically....
In the UK horses are abandoned and left to starve frequently. Rescue centres are bursting at the seams with horses that are just a vets bill on legs. So many horses in the UK with no value and an arm and a leg to dispose of legally.
In Iceland and many countries on the continent, horses will always have a value.
No rescue farms in Iceland bursting at the seams.
If you look at it logically....
In the UK horses are abandoned and left to starve frequently. Rescue centres are bursting at the seams with horses that are just a vets bill on legs. So many horses in the UK with no value and an arm and a leg to dispose of legally.
In Iceland and many countries on the continent, horses will always have a value.
No rescue farms in Iceland bursting at the seams.
I put rabbit pie on the menu in my b&b. Thinking they'd choose something else. I sold more rabbit pie than lasagna
I get where you are coming from. But how far do you take that. Would you say you should only eat it if you killed it and skinned it yourself.
I think I could pluck a chicken, but I couldn't kill one.
None of the horses in the uk can go into the food chain with all drugs that they get.
I don't mean vaccinations I mean bute.
I think the slaughter house takes them to either go into pet food or ship overseas?
As for rescue centres I can remember one that if you put all the houses together you could get a healthy one.
They actually didn't have anything that wasn't a walking vet bill.
It's up to you, it's a very personal decision and should be based on your own beliefs and thoughts
If a horse isn't signed out the food chain in its passport then it can.
In 2019 horses were definitely being slaughtered in the UK and the meat was being used for human consumption abroad.
If you end up in a situation where horses are bred intensively for meat (or even where they are bred organically, no chemicals so disease is rife) you could argue that the welfare would be decreased. There are UK slaughterhouses for horses so why do we currently have issues, the meat could be exported? Is it the use of drugs that make them exempt from human consumption?
Ive eaten horse. It was delicious!
I think there is still a fair bit to be done about the practices around animal slaughter and transportation. In this country I always buy british as our welfare laws are better than some. Abroad at restaurants you dont get a choice!
I suspect we dont have much of an export market for horse meat as due to some of our rules and regs it would make it too expensive to sell abroad with not a huge unfulfilled demand for it.
I would not knowingly eat cats/dogs anywhere as Ive never seen them have a 'humane' death and usually a pretty shocking life too if theyv been intended to be eaten. I read a horrific story about peoples pets being stolen for food the other day.
In an ideal world id like a little small holding so i can 'grow my own' meat. That being said Im not sure Id actually be able to if they were all my pets. Id not eat my own horse!
I think there is still a fair bit to be done about the practices around animal slaughter and transportation. In this country I always buy british as our welfare laws are better than some. Abroad at restaurants you dont get a choice!
I suspect we dont have much of an export market for horse meat as due to some of our rules and regs it would make it too expensive to sell abroad with not a huge unfulfilled demand for it.
I would not knowingly eat cats/dogs anywhere as Ive never seen them have a 'humane' death and usually a pretty shocking life too if theyv been intended to be eaten. I read a horrific story about peoples pets being stolen for food the other day.
In an ideal world id like a little small holding so i can 'grow my own' meat. That being said Im not sure Id actually be able to if they were all my pets. Id not eat my own horse!
I believe that's the case.
I know horses go into the animal feed market.
I don't think we necessarily have to breed them for that market, if we don't have one.
The gestation period for a horse is nearly a year, that's not the case for cattle. So cost wise, it's probably cheaper and easier to fatten up cattle with our soil.
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