[Sca-cooks] horsemeat

[Patricia Collum]

I know for certain that there is a breed of horse in Belgium that is raised
traditionally for meat, but I do not know if this dates back to medieval
times. And I have ran into people in the past who felt that horse in general
was less tough than beef, but I am again not precisely sure of the context.
I had a friend in Washington state who worked as a truck driver for a firm
that shipped horsemeat to Canada and then to Europe, and meat buyers are
known about generally in the horse community here in Arizona also. My friend
also raised horses. Eating horse meat (or cat) is against my personal
religion.

Cecily
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 3:29 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] horsemeat


> Ana replied to me with:
>
> > In  Poland they did and in France you have still butchersshops called
"Chevalines"
> > where you can buy horsesausages and steaks. In a book called
"Unmentionable Cuisine,",
> > written  by Calvin W. Scwade, you can find the sources and the lore
about
> > horseflesheating. The Tartars did it since their horses were their
closest companion
> > and they felt a kind of comunion when eating their flesh.
> > Rather fascinating book...
> > Ana
>
> > Stefan li Rous wrote:
> >> So far, all of the period horse meat recipes I've seen are from western
> >> Asia. It doesn't look like the Europeans ate horseflexh, at least
> >> intentionally.
>
> Yes, the French do currently eat horsemeat. But did they in medieval
>
> times? If you can give some referances that they did this, not
> necessarily recipes, I'd like to get it. Perhaps they were only eaten
> by the lower classes, because the meat was tougher or because of taste,
> but I'd like to see the referances.Conversely if someone sees period
> European writings that say that horsemeat should not be eaten because...,
> I'd like to get referances for that.
> I believe the Tartars were one of the groups that I was including in my
> group of recipes from western Asia.
>
> Stefan
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