Horse meat

padraig71

Does anyone know if there are any suppliers of horse meat in Ireland? I know it's not popular here, but I'm interested in trying it and have read that it's a pretty healthy meat.

The Hill Billy

I've no idea where you could get horse flesh, but you could try contacting speciality butchers online or through goldenpages.ie & ask them where you may get it.

tampopo

I ate it one time in Japan, and I have to say it was The Most Delicious meat I ever tasted. It was like a gorgeous roast beef. Good luck with it.

CJhaughey

They use a lot of horsemeat in France, do you know anyone that is going over on a regular basis?
You could ask them to bring some back for you.
Horse is very tasty and quite sweet, I have eaten it in two places, Iceland being one and France being the other.
Foal steaks are the absolute business.

Minder

Janet Street Porter was promoting horse meat on the last F-word series. For some strange reason I couldn't get the word cannibal out of my head.

dudara

It's actually quite tasty - like strong beef. I bought some in a supermarket in Venice and fried it up. Very nice.

DublinWriter

Something doesn't sit right with me about eating horse meat.

I used to see it on the shelves in my local supermarket in Brussels and it always made me shudder.

I guess perhaps it's an Irish thing, but I think if you go down the route of eating horsemeat then don't stop there - try cat meat and dog meat too.

dudara

Pigs are far more intelligent than horses and we scoff them every day. I can see why people dislike the idea of a horse but it doesn't bother me.

Jimbo

Horses are beautiful animals, pigs are not. Thats why it bothers people

Faith

DublinWriter wrote: »

Something doesn't sit right with me about eating horse meat.

I used to see it on the shelves in my local supermarket in Brussels and it always made me shudder.

I guess perhaps it's an Irish thing, but I think if you go down the route of eating horsemeat then don't stop there - try cat meat and dog meat too.

I'd agree with you. I'm not a huge meat eater, and I have a bit of a problem eating animals that I like. Lamb, while tasty, freaks me out because lambs are like puppies! They're all cute and fluffy with waggly tails.

Jimbo

Would you eat mutton Faith?

Mr. Presentable

I worked in a restaurant in Dublin (no names) where we served horse as beef!!!

fits

I've eaten horsemeat and I keep horses, however I wouldnt eat dog.

I think its different somehow to eat something, which also eats meat.

Faith

jimbo78 wrote: »

Would you eat mutton Faith?

I never have. I've heard it's quite tough? If someone gave it to me, cooked and all, I'd try it. Sheep are different from lambs though. Lambs are cute and fun, once they grow up, they're just boring and docile .

Mr. Presentable

Faith wrote: »

I never have. I've heard it's quite tough? If someone gave it to me, cooked and all, I'd try it. Sheep are different from lambs though. Lambs are cute and fun, once they grow up, they're just boring and docile .

So you'd eat cock but not chicken

Jimbo

I saw one of TG4's subtitled french movies a while back. Can't remember how it was part of the plot but it showed a horse being slaughtered. Safe to say I've never had the urge to try it since

Jimbo

nipplenuts wrote: »

So you'd eat cock but not chicken

What a line

Faith

nipplenuts wrote: »

So you'd eat cock but not chicken

>_>

That is not the time nor place for that discussion!



Oh, did you mean fowl?

Jimbo

:DLol. She would alright Id say;)

fits

Afaik.. they slaughter horses like cattle. Bolt through the head followed by a rod being stuck in and they mash the brains up. Ok that sounds unpleasant but the rod is used to speed up death.
Really all animals slaughtered for meat are killed in a similar way.

Jimbo

Yep. I think thats what they did, then hung it upside down, followed by a cut to the throat. Not very pleasent really

Faith

Does thinking about it really put any one off eating meat?

I ventured into the vegetarian forum for the first time today, they've clearly taken over my brain!

Jimbo

Nah, it tastes too good for it to be wrong

fits

jimbo78 wrote: »

Yep. I think thats what they did, then hung it upside down, followed by a cut to the throat. Not very pleasent really

They're brain dead by the time this happens... so theres no suffering at all.

monosharp

DublinWriter wrote: »

Something doesn't sit right with me about eating horse meat.

I used to see it on the shelves in my local supermarket in Brussels and it always made me shudder.

I guess perhaps it's an Irish thing, but I think if you go down the route of eating horsemeat then don't stop there - try cat meat and dog meat too.

Dog is actually really really nice. Haven't tried cat but will get round to it in the next few months.

Btw if you like squid/octopuss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiJkdOZEjXU

Its REALLY good. I usually am not a huge fan of squid/octopuss but it really tastes 10 times better this way.

antoniosicily

horse meat is the best meat I've ever tried, you can't even compare it to the best beef cuts, it's far better

mastermind2005

nipplenuts wrote: »

I worked in a restaurant in Dublin (no names) where we served horse as beef!!!

Tell us more....

antoniosicily

mastermind2005 wrote: »

Tell us more....

be serious!!! horse meat and beef have no relation whatsoever and, above all, horse meat is MORE expensive than beef! Anyway, the taste is completely different, and I'm talking *completely*, horse meat is sweet; if people eat horse thinking that it's beef, they don't really deserve eating in a restaurants.

dudara

Faith wrote: »

Does thinking about it really put any one off eating meat?

Nope, not in the slightest. I grew up on a farm, I've helped at slaughter-time. I have absolutely no problems with it. Generally slaughter is done quite quickly so as to minimise the suffering. No decent person wants to cause undue suffering. The throat is cut so as to drain out the blood and stop it pooling in the meat.

The only thing I have a problem with is when the animal doesn't have a good life, i.e. battery-farmed etc.

bonkey

antoniosicily wrote: »

be serious!!! horse meat and beef have no relation whatsoever

Depends on what cuts and how you cook them, to be honest.

above all, horse meat is MORE expensive than beef!

Not where I live.

if people eat horse thinking that it's beef, they don't really deserve eating in a restaurants.

Funny...I'd have said that people with attitudes about other people's tastes are the ones who shouldn't be let in.

bonkey

fits wrote: »

I think its different somehow to eat something, which also eats meat.

So you don't eat pork then?