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re: Why is Horse meat not more popular in the US?

Posted on 8/24/26 at 8:42 pm to
Posted by HenryParsons
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 8:42 pm to
Didn’t know anything about this.
I was coming at this from a more traditional ranching standpoint, not wild mustangs. Hence the margins question in the OP.




Still think horse meat is good…
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:23 pm to
Slaughtered a horse last Tuesday but I’m afraid she’s startin to turn
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:42 pm to
What ever happened your boy's mother?
Posted by LSUDad
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:49 pm to
Back in the early 70’s, some stores were importing Beef. It was found to contain a percentage of Horse meat. They were frozen in 60# blocks. They would use the saw to cut it up, put in into the meat grinder, add water to help bring the color back.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:56 pm to
The Apache's LOVED horse meat
Posted by FutureMikeVIII
Houston
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:58 pm to
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Why is Horse meat not more popular in the US?


Getting the talking points out early for Trump’s “ground beef” I see.
Posted by Boomdaddy65201
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:19 pm to
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Livestock Farmers throughout Europe were forced to shift to horse production to satisfy the militaries insatiable demand for draft horses. Meanwhile at the front horses died in the millions, to then be butchered by starving soldiers and civilians as the supply system broke down


“Those that don’t know their own history are doomed to repeat it”

Napoleon lost the Napoleonic Wars, not at Sea, not to Economics, but he decimated his cavalry and never recovered. For a cavalry man it was the ultimate sin.

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Napoleon lost an estimated 175,000 cavalry and draft horses during his disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia alone.

The near-total destruction of elite, trained cavalry mounts crippled Napoleon's reconnaissance and shock-attack capabilities for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars.

While France managed to raise new batches of remounts and horses in 1813 and 1814, the new horses and replacement riders were poorly trained compared to the veterans lost in Russia.

This severe deficit in reliable cavalry contributed heavily to strategic losses during subsequent campaigns, including at Leipzig and eventually Waterloo.


We have horses, they are noble creatures and once domesticated they weren’t meant for dinner fare. Every conceivable bit of written history a horse was there.
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:45 pm to
quote:

Why is Horse meat not more popular in the US?
Because we have enough cows
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:47 pm to
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Why is Horse meat not more popular in the US?

Seriously? What a dumbass question. Horses are for riding, not eating.
Posted by Kingshakabooboo
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:03 pm to
I will be in Iceland in two weeks for vacation. Trying out horse is one of the things I am planning to do.
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
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Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:43 am to
Had a filly cheese steak sandwich the other day...
Posted by DoUrden
UnderDark
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Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:18 am to
In Iceland it's on the menu.
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20653 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 2:58 am to
As someone who likes to eat meat, our mass production and consumption of meat at an industrial level is sickening
Posted by Kattail
Member since Aug 2020
4267 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 4:14 am to
BLM is using helicopters to round up mustangs out west, thousands end up at slaughter houses in Mexico and Canada. Cruel and inhumane.
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:06 am to
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We have horses, they are noble creatures and once domesticated they weren’t meant for dinner fare. Every conceivable bit of written history a horse was there.


So it's ok to lead a horse into battle to be shot or stabbed to death but killing one for meat is unacceptable?


This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 7:09 am
Posted by geauxskeet
Member since Oct 2009
563 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:08 am to
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quote:
It’s a delicious


No, it’s not. I had it in Kazakhstan, and it sucked. It tasted like cheap corned beef.


Yes, it is. I had it in Bled, Slovenia and it tasted like high end beefsteak with a mix of venison. Maybe, just maybe it was how animal raised and cooking process?
Posted by SCLSUMuddogs
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Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:49 am to
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I had donkey sausage in Croatia and its one of the best things ive ever had


Posted by EnglebertHumperdink
Club Med
Member since Nov 2009
358 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:50 am to
I would try a Filly cheese steak
Posted by GuhGuh1
Member since Aug 2026
15 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:52 am to
I am good with traditional southern US fare. Never had horse as an option and thankful for it.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:04 am to
Tried it once in Europe, didn't really love it.
I dint really like deer meat either though
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