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In reply to the discussion: Poll for meat eaters: would you knowingly eat horse meat? [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)94. I'd probably try it if I were somewhere it was on the menu
which would mean France or the Netherlands, probably. From what I've heard it's not bad. I've eaten alligator and squid cooked in its own ink and roasted grasshoppers, horsemeat isn't something I'd have a problem with.
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I think grasshopper counts as meat, but I don't really know what the "official"
ZombieHorde
Mar 2013
#22
The people who had tried it in this thread seem to have different opinions. nt
ZombieHorde
Mar 2013
#43
I would only eat if if I was starving. Although Carlos Mencia says its delicious. n/t
Ian David
Mar 2013
#54
When I was a kid eons ago, we fed our dog horsemeat, on vet's orders. I forget why.
MotherPetrie
Mar 2013
#55
Yes, as long as I had never met the horse, but that's my philosophy for all animals that I eat
Tom Ripley
Mar 2013
#64
I developed a real taste for "paardenrookvlees" in Holland over 50 years ago.
GliderGuider
Mar 2013
#68
I was traveling on a barge in the Netherlands in 2011 and never encountered horsemeat...
CTyankee
Mar 2013
#74
I wouldn't be surprised if I've already eaten it after all my time overseas in the Navy
Revanchist
Mar 2013
#85
Yes I have eaten it in the past and enjoyed it and will eat it again, Stallion Steak Yum Yum!
thetruthhurtsforsome
Mar 2013
#88