Have you ever eaten Horse meat?

Beerbecue · 01-12-2013, 04:07 PM

I sometimes check out the German/European BBQ forums and I noticed they sometimes cook horse steaks and horse roasts. I've never even seen or heard of horse meat in an American meat store. Have any of you seen it for sale or eaten horse meat?

Amigatec · 01-12-2013, 04:20 PM

I spent some time in Germany, so I probably have.

Bluesman · 01-12-2013, 04:23 PM

Not knowingly

gtr · 01-12-2013, 04:24 PM

I haven't. I would definitely check it out though. Phubar cooked some up a while back.

caliking · 01-12-2013, 04:51 PM

Ate it in Paris a few years ago. Was ground and made into a patty type of thing but larger than a burger patty (minute steak?). It was okay, nothing spectacular. i'm too used to nice marbled, fatty American meat I guess. Besides, larger animals like horses run around too much to have tender meat in my opinion. I would eat it again if it was the only meat on the menu.

IamMadMan · 01-12-2013, 04:57 PM

Back in the 60's McDonald's was being investigated for adding to the meat pile.

If I have, I did not know it.

rustypouch · 01-12-2013, 05:36 PM

Yep. It's fairly close to bison, leaner and a bit more flavour than beef.

BobBrisket · 01-12-2013, 05:38 PM

Never had it, but I'd try it.

firefighter4634 · 01-12-2013, 05:39 PM

I have not, nor would I intentionally, lol.

el_matt · 01-12-2013, 05:41 PM

My wife had it in Mexico, when she was young and visiting family. She doesn't recall it fondly. I think I read somewhere, maybe here, that horse was soon to be legal for retail sale, here in the USA. Having owned a horse, not sure if I'd try it. I know it's just a mental thing, like eating dog or cat (which I hear is really stringy, according to my dad. He had it in Vietnam)

Matt

Hawg Father of Seoul · 01-12-2013, 05:45 PM

In Italy they make salami out of donkeys. Something de asino.

It's an American hang up, just like dolphins. Why not eat a dolphin? If you say because it is a mammal, I am coming for your beef, pork, and horse.

bo_gator · 01-12-2013, 05:45 PM

My dad has ate it before, he said it was stringy and tough. He said it was when he was stationed in Korea while in the Army in 1968.

smokiefrank · 01-12-2013, 05:49 PM

Having butchered a donkey once for dog meat, I'd pass. Stanky stuff.

deepsouth · 01-12-2013, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BobBrisket

Never had it, but I'd try it.

this.

Hawg Father of Seoul · 01-12-2013, 06:04 PM

If some one wanted some horse meat, I have a source. I don't feed it to the family as my girls will already have too many stories to tell on me. The judge and psychiatrist may see their side of it. (You know when they are old enough to have me committed)

01-12-2013, 04:07 PM	#1
Beerbecue On the road to being a farker Join Date: 08-21-10 Location: Sierra foothills Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Have you ever eaten Horse meat? I sometimes check out the German/European BBQ forums and I noticed they sometimes cook horse steaks and horse roasts. I've never even seen or heard of horse meat in an American meat store. Have any of you seen it for sale or eaten horse meat?

01-12-2013, 04:20 PM	#2
Amigatec Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 01-08-13 Location: Haskell OK Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I spent some time in Germany, so I probably have. __________________ Homemade Offset Reverse Flow Smoker. Soon to get a Horizon 16" Classic Burnt up Uniflame cheapy.

01-12-2013, 04:23 PM	#3
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01-12-2013, 04:24 PM	#4
gtr Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-16-10 Location: Culver City, CA Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I haven't. I would definitely check it out though. Phubar cooked some up a while back. __________________ 50" Klose BYC, Backwoods Chubby, UDS, 26" & 22.5" Weber Kettles, Jumbo Joe, WGA, WSJ/MUDS, Jumbo Old Smokey, Pig Hibachi, a piece of expanded metal I throw over the fire pit sometimes, Stealthy Black & Vol Orange Thermapens Displaced East Tennesseean Proud recipient of a Tick Former outlaw MOINK baller, now IMBAS Certified, but still lookin' over my shoulder. Golden Goose Egg - Got 2 in the nest baby! SPFP Mayzie's keeping an eye out for you! WTFWGALD?

01-12-2013, 04:51 PM	#5
caliking is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-13-10 Location: Houston, TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ate it in Paris a few years ago. Was ground and made into a patty type of thing but larger than a burger patty (minute steak?). It was okay, nothing spectacular. i'm too used to nice marbled, fatty American meat I guess. Besides, larger animals like horses run around too much to have tender meat in my opinion. I would eat it again if it was the only meat on the menu. __________________ EZ wood handled 3 wheeler \| OTS \| OTS mod to OTG \| Ladybug SS Performer \| UglyDrumTandoor \| UDS v1 \| midi UDS with red nipples \| SJG smoker mod \| Simpsons SJS \| Simpsons OTG \| WGA charcoal \| SJP \| Stacked brick WFO \| Lodge Logic Sportsman's Grill cast iron hibachi/sigri \| LBGE

01-12-2013, 04:57 PM	#6
IamMadMan is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 07-30-11 Location: Southern New Jersey Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Back in the 60's McDonald's was being investigated for adding to the meat pile. If I have, I did not know it. __________________ Humphrey's DownEast Beast W/BBQ Guru

01-12-2013, 05:36 PM	#7
rustypouch Found some matches. Join Date: 06-14-12 Location: Calgary, AB Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep. It's fairly close to bison, leaner and a bit more flavour than beef.

01-12-2013, 05:38 PM	#8
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01-12-2013, 05:41 PM	#10
el_matt is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-08-09 Location: Turlock, California Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My wife had it in Mexico, when she was young and visiting family. She doesn't recall it fondly. I think I read somewhere, maybe here, that horse was soon to be legal for retail sale, here in the USA. Having owned a horse, not sure if I'd try it. I know it's just a mental thing, like eating dog or cat (which I hear is really stringy, according to my dad. He had it in Vietnam) Matt __________________ 22.5 OTS(H), 22.5 OTG(DA), 22.5 Daisy Wheel Kettle(EE), NBBD, UDS, MUDS, 6-burner gasser

01-12-2013, 05:45 PM	#11
Hawg Father of Seoul is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-14-10 Location: Rogers, AR Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In Italy they make salami out of donkeys. Something de asino. It's an American hang up, just like dolphins. Why not eat a dolphin? If you say because it is a mammal, I am coming for your beef, pork, and horse.

01-12-2013, 05:45 PM	#12
bo_gator On the road to being a farker Join Date: 06-11-12 Location: Waynesville, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My dad has ate it before, he said it was stringy and tough. He said it was when he was stationed in Korea while in the Army in 1968. __________________ Webber 18 1/2" WSM, Webber 22 1/2" WSM, Webber 22 1/2" OTG Kettle, Teal Thermapen You mean Sriricha isn't one of the four basic food groups

01-12-2013, 05:49 PM	#13
smokiefrank Looking for a meat flute to smoke. Join Date: 06-19-12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Having butchered a donkey once for dog meat, I'd pass. Stanky stuff.

01-12-2013, 06:04 PM	#15
Hawg Father of Seoul is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-14-10 Location: Rogers, AR Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If some one wanted some horse meat, I have a source. I don't feed it to the family as my girls will already have too many stories to tell on me. The judge and psychiatrist may see their side of it. (You know when they are old enough to have me committed)