L'autre Red Meat

[maggiethecat]

Dear Mr. Cutlets:

I can't believe all dead horses go to the glue factory. What happens to our equine friends? I haven't seen any Boucherie Chevalline signs here in Chicago.

And what does horsemeat taste like? Seems to me the fat/lean ratio on a horse is not high enough to prevent it from being tough.

[Mister_Cutlets]

It has a nasty taste; there's a good reason nobody eats it. The idea

of slaughtering young horses for meat is too awful to contemplate. And

with a meat as lean as horseflesh, the only way to eat it would be in

its immature form.

yours,

Mr. Cutlets

[maggiethecat]

Thank you Mr. Cutlets---I'll never be again ashamed of my reluctance to eat Trigger. If a Confirmed Carnivore and Goat Guru like you says horsie is horrible, I'll gladly take it as Gospel.

[Jinmyo]

Horse is good. Not great, but good. Seared black and blue, sliced on the bias, with crunchy salt and frites.

I haven't had it in a very long while but I would dishonour the memory of Trigger's sacrifice were I to not testify.

[Alex]

I ate smoked horsemeat, sashimi-style, when I lived in Japan. It tasted like, well, smoked meat. It was a little chewy but not at all tough or stringy.