Horse meat the norm in the future (vision)?

[Lovely]

Okay well I'm doing bad :( About a week ago when I was in the shower and blinked and for the brief
moment I closed my eyes I saw a vision of horses in a slaughter house. As soon as I saw it I knew in
a few decades horses would be added to the list of animals we eat. I brushed it off since my visions
rarely come true. But today I found this ( http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insid...r_jim_galloway) and now I fear I may have been on to something.
What do you guys think?

[WhiteWarrior]

Are you kidding? We are eating horse meat already in all sorts of less detailedly specified meat products. It's just not normally listed.... except in the case of horse sausage, afaik.

[Lovely]

Horse meat isn't as accepted as cow or chicken meat. I fear that may not be the case for long.

Lovely...

In some parts of the country, horse meat is prized. In fact, here in the US, horses that cannot be sold are often sold to slaughter houses. There have been efforts in the past few years to ban this practice. But I think we still have a ways to go. Horses are bred for racing and when they don't do well, they're sold to slaughterhouses. Its sad how these intelligent creatures are treated.

Originally Posted by iolite

Lovely...

In some parts of the country, horse meat is prized. In fact, here in the US, horses that cannot be sold are often sold to slaughter houses. There have been efforts in the past few years to ban this practice. But I think we still have a ways to go. Horses are bred for racing and when they don't do well, they're sold to slaughterhouses. Its sad how these intelligent creatures are treated.

Horses haven't been slaughtered in the US for a couple years now, maybe more. The horses that are of no use (so why breed them?) are shipped to Canada and Mexico where they are brutalised. Most of the meat is, I believe, shipped to other countries, particularly European ones. And mostly I don't think Americans eat horses.

Originally Posted by DebbyM

Horses haven't been slaughtered in the US for a couple years now, maybe more. The horses that are of no use (so why breed them?) are shipped to Canada and Mexico where they are brutalised. Most of the meat is, I believe, shipped to other countries, particularly European ones. And mostly I don't think Americans eat horses.

You are right, these slaughter houses are not in the US.

20 some years ago, the meat served to us on the ship i was on in the navy, it was horse meat.

[psychoslice]

I wonder if a nice piece of race horse meat will speed me up lol.

[innerlight]

Would horse meat ever become the norm? I guess it would depend on how cheap it was to mass produce it and whether or not there was a need to do that.

It's probably a matter of what the culture of the area is in regards to if they would accept horse as a delicacy. Some places eat cat and dog but others think that is barbaric.

In France it's already sold in butcher shops as a delicacy, it is supposed to be leaner and better for you than beef. Personally I like Bison, so I imagine Horse would be ok if prepared correctly, would definitely like to try it sometime.

No offense to the vegans of course.