Horse Meat ban Lifted in US

[The_root_of_all_evil]

EU person here.

I had no idea the US banned horse meat.

They also have banned Kinda Eggs.

True story.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I guess that person who made that why horse meat is ban (or something like that) thread a month ago will be pleased with this news.

 

[Vausch]

Hm, Futurama called it. I'mma go get a horse burger with some horse fries, hopefully the horses are horse fed for that double horse flavour. I want horse coke though, to horse pepsi I say "Nay".

 

[Gasaraki]

I really don't see why they would have even banned it in the first place. They might as well have banned cow, chicken and pig consumption in the process.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Be lucky, horse is damn tasty. as a roast or sausage...mhhhh delicious horse. I love it

 

[Andrew Hass]

Horse is delicious. I had a friend that visited Italy while in college and brought back some cured horse meat. Best cured meat I've ever had. People here in the States seem to have a problem eating things that they name and teach tricks. I figure, it's adorable until I want to eat it, then it's food.

 

[Arfonious]

Great, now the Americans can finaly enjoy fancy salami

 

[Sectan]

I wasn't aware of a ban on horse meat...Were horses endangered or something?

 

[Frost27]

I can't wait until I see Elmer's brand chili on grocery store shelves. I am so bringing it to work and eating it right out of the can.

 

[SwimmingRock]

I guess I'd try it, just to see what it tastes like, but I'm sure I'd stick to cow.

Funny you should say that, because it basically tastes like cow, but a little sweeter. In fact, the one time I made it for somebody else, it took me a while to convince them it was horse and not cow steaks. They genuinely didn't notice and figured I'd simply used a sweet sauce.

 

[Jegsimmons]

I honestly see no reason why this was banned. Yes they are cute and lovable according to some people but dammit, when Seabiscuit dies what the hell are you going to do with the body? Give it a burial? Heh heh, no. Odds are it would just be rotting in a landfill somewhere, may as well put the meat to use.

glue and dog food is what happens.

thats why kids eat so much glue! shit be delicious!!!

 

[tthor]

Wow. I really don't know why they would want to lift such a ban but okay...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/30/horse-meat-consumption-us_n_1120623.html?1322668969&icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk3|116592

Thoughts? Have you ever tried horse meat before?

you obviously don't know much about the horse world.
When the ban on horse meat was put in place, it meant that people who couldn't afford to take care of their horse had nowhere to send them (taking care of horses is very expensive). this caused the price of horses to plummet, which also allowed people who could never afford to take care of a horse in the first place to be able to afford buying one. So all of this resulted in a mass number of horses simply slowly starving to death, or even being abandoned in the wilderness or on the farm of someone who also can't afford to take care off another horse. Its fairly common now seeing stories on the news about a large number of horses being abandoned on someone else's farm, simply because there was nowhere else to send them and people were desperate.

So, essentially the choice is allow for horses to be humanely put down at a horsemeat factory, or have a massive number of horses starve to death on a regular basis. This ban being lifted is a damn good thing!

and beyond the few people that might eat horsemeat, horsemeat can be used in a lot of dogfood, etc, so it does have it's uses

 

[Sacman]

Oh hell yes, horse is delicious...

 

[Starke]

Hey look, something taxable for the US. I'm all for it.

Edit: In fact, why was there even a ban?

Animal activists are horrified that you'll be eating "Mr Ed" and "Trigger" (yes, they cited those two). Also the kind of short sighted thinking that "if you can't kill it, it will have a fine life on it's own, right?" In the face of rising numbers of abandoned and neglected horses that are too old to work.

 

[tthor]

Hey look, something taxable for the US. I'm all for it.

Edit: In fact, why was there even a ban?

Animal activists are horrified that you'll be eating "Mr Ed" and "Trigger" (yes, they cited those two). Also the kind of short sighted thinking that "if you can't kill it, it will have a fine life on it's own, right?" In the face of rising numbers of abandoned and neglected horses that are too old to work.

THIS. Sometimes, activist just need to realize that the most humane thing you can do is let an animal die humanely; often times you can't save everything, and it is simply foolish and shortsighted to try..

EDIT: also, this seems vaguely related

http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Matt/Oh,-Awkward-Final-Panel,-how-I-have-missed-thee.png

 

[loc978]

Oh good, my meat cellar is almost completely legal now...

 

[JonnWood]

Joan Rivers had better get some bodyguards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-jGa04nJg

Disclaimer: I have nothing about Joan Rivers.

 

[insanelich]

Was the a ban on inspections on whether or not butchers were killing horses? And how would the lifting of such a ban then increase horse slaughter? I like to think my English is pretty good, but I can't make sense of that sentence.

There was a ban on inspecting, so the meat wasn't qualified for human OR animal consumption, making the meat useless (and illegal) if you meant to sell it for food.

 

[DJShire]

For so many years, many men (and some women) have wondered what Sarah Jessica Parker tastes like...well, now they can find out.

 

[Tommeh Brownleh]

Inb4 beating a dead horse

I know that pun is coming eventually.

OT: Doesn't sound like it will taste too good.