I agree with you. I tried (and enjoyed) horse when I was in Sweden. It was quite tasty. I remember that I used to have an aversion to sushi/sushimi when I was younger...I got over that really quick with a few beers, wasabi and ginger....now, I cannot get enough of it!Pig Renter wrote:I've always felt that as humans, especially Americans, what we consider to be suitable meat or not is hugely psychological. I agree to a degree that "meat is meat". For instance, a horse is a beautiful animal. We have an emotional attachment to them. They are great tools, "pets", graceful. But for most of us, even thinking of butchering one and eating it sounds barbaric. Yet, emotions aside, genetically a horse, if it were any other animal, would seem to qualify as an excellent meat animal. So why do we cringe when we hear of other cultures who eat horse?
My parents went to China back in '79/'80 - before it was "open" so to speak. They remind me of the fish that was fresh caught in front of them, quickly boiled alive in oil (up to its gills anyway) and then put on a platter before them....they dined on it while it was still moving/breathing....they said it was delicious....then, when all that was left was just the skeleton it gave one last/final kick - as if to say "I'm done" (just the nerve impulses but quite interesting!). They also had a banquet in the Great Hall of the People with many government officials...it was quite an adventure. The most interesting part, to me, was when they were in the interior and the villagers had never seen Westerners before....they beat on the bus and shouted something in their native tongue (translated to "Go home white devils!"). Just smile and nod...and enjoy your thousand year old eggs and Peking duck (<---my Mom's favorite dish).