SC - Horsemeat, was Re: "cruel food"-

[Varju at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/7/1999 5:30:27 AM Mountain Daylight Time, troy at asan.com 
writes:

<< Re horsemeat: there has been a fairly stubborn streak of horse-eating in
 the North of England until fairly recently. It was linked to both
 religious practice and political affiliation, especially after the
 Norman Conquest, but the practice seems to have persisted until at least
 the 19th century, where the meat, known as "kicker" earned Yorkshiremen
 the pejorative nickname "kicker-eater". >>

I've been following this thread with inteterest since I come from a part of 
the US where a horse would be the next to last thing eaten, and not for any 
squamishness.  The cowoby mentality, which still survives, is that your horse 
is your best and most dependable companion.  Eating your horse only happened 
in very exteme cases where it was that or death, and happened rarely because 
you can almost always find a wild critter to eat around here.

My question is what does horse taste like?  My father has eaten horse (it was 
during WWII in Germany and was all they could get) and said he prefers 
rabbit. . .

Noemi
in a quizical mood. . .
Outlands
============================================================================

To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message to
Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe SCA-Cooks".

============================================================================