Thread: Horse meat!

Now that congress has lifted the ban on the production and exportation if horse meat in the United States, do you think that horsehide strops will become more prevelant-- as they were in the past? I hope so, because I've never tried a vintage one that I didn't like, and would be nice to be able to acquire a new one in my price range.

Plus, c'mon, I kinda want to see what horse tastes like too

horse meat is fairly common in many countries (such as France for example) (and was even more in the past).
I believe horse meat is a bit like dog meat for North-Americans: people don't feel like eating their "best friend".
It is also a very low-fat meat, maybe among the "healthiest" meat.
(Plus I love the taste )

Darn, I thought this was gonna be about sausage...

Horse meat is eaten in Belgium too.
It's not one of the most prevalent meats generally sold in the butcher shop, but horse steak and horse meat stew are common.
Especially for stew, horse meat is very tasty.

When I was a kid I was told that French people eat horse poop. But if I was offered some horse meat, I wouldn't turn it away! When I worked at a piano shop where we refurbished old pianos we used horse hide glue to glue the felts into place on various moving parts, mostly because modern glues were too tough. Hide glue stuck well but was also easy to remove without damaging surfaces.

Back in the late 60's/ early 70's there was a brief push to sell it here in the US. Mainly for marinated meat dishes and to mix with beef. I tried it but it wasn't that special or really that cheaper. Here in upper NYS it was sold in small specialty markets.

As said above, horse meat is quie delicious as is burro. As far as strops go hopefully someone will get some horsehide and make some. I'd buy one.

When I was living in Belgium I was raised with eating horse meat at least once a week. High in protein and lower fat. I do miss it and my wife always gives me the weird look as she's born and raised in Kansas City and still can't believe I ate horse meat. It does need a bit more seasoning as opposed to beef.

Wasn't sauerbraten traditionally made with horse meat? I read an editorial in some cooking magazine somewhere that french fries fried in horse fat were better, too. The writer was livid that horse meat wasn't available here in the US.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

When I was living in Belgium I was raised with eating horse meat at least once a week. High in protein and lower fat. I do miss it and my wife always gives me the weird look as she's born and raised in Kansas City and still can't believe I ate horse meat. It does need a bit more seasoning as opposed to beef.

Kansas City until recently was a major cowtown, horses were work animals and friends, so her reaction is typical. I have eaten too many things abroad to consider horse meat as being an oddity, I don't know wether I have eaten it or not because quite frankly in some places you never know what has been thrown into the pot. I am going to watch this issue closely as I am interested in the strop potential. When I was a kid horsemeat was a primary component in the best canned dog foods.