Horse meat

KatyMac

Have any of ye seen the discussion that's going on in Britain about slaughtering horses for meat? What do ye think about it?
It was Princess Anne that said at some conference that if horses were used as a food the same as cattle/sheep etc then they would have a value and there wouldn't be the problem with them being abandoned to starve on the side of the road.
Per se I can see merit in this idea as long as they would be the same rules and regs that we have to work with. It's ridiculous the way the countryside is polluted with animals that there is no regard and no worth for.

TheBody

I don't see what the problem is. I would have no problem eating horse meat (provided it is tasty!).

Muckit

Sure there's a great market for them and plenty of abattoirs in Ireland but the rules and regs are so strict that a lot of them do not qualify as suitable for slaughter.

Pity because a huge cull needs to be done but can't see it happening.

hfallada

I would eat farmed horse meat no problem. It's supposed to be low in fat. However I wouldn't want to eat some half starved horse found on one is Dublin's dumps. Ireland prides itself on traceable meat and yet it's grand to pick up some random horse and eat it? You don't know what chemicals are in its system.

A better way to solve our horse problem has been introduced. The restricting of the horse fair in Smithfield has stopped random people buying horses. DCC isn't allowing them all over their property anymore. If you can't feed and house a horse. Don't own one. DCC taking a hardline approach will hopefully work

MFdaveIreland

Horse is a tasty as you would want, I ate it without knowing and commented to waiter on how nice oit was, to be informed it was a traditional horse dish on that country,