Eat like a horse or eat a horse?

I recently read an article on The Huffing post that Top Chef Canada presented horse meat as competition ingredient. This episode is being aired tonight, May 16th. This apparently doesn’t sit well with a lot of Canadians though and many have decided to boycott the show. The boycott is largely by people who preserve horses as companions or pets.

Now, if you think of a regular horse, perhaps you’ve rode a horse, you probably can’t imagine sitting down with a knife and fork and eating it. If you think of a cow on the other hand, perhaps you’ve seen them aimlessly wondering a field and pooping. I bet you can imagine sitting down to a nice steak….right? Let’s not assume that butchers are harvesting horses that pets of any kind. The horses are being raised for food just like cattle. They don’t get to eat sugar cubes and apples or get a scratch on the nose.  They don’t get cute names and bows tied around their ears. They’re strictly for food. I’m wondering if the same people who are boycotting the show are also people who don’t eat meat of any kind. You can’t really say no to horse and then chow down on a bison burger can you? I’ve seen goat brain on the show but nobody got bent out of shape about that.

With all that said, its probably apparent that I would eat a horse. I haven’t but it wouldn’t be something id be afraid to try. This isn’t because I don’t like horses. I love horses! I think they’re super cute and intelligent but its meat and I like meat. I also like cows, pigs and chickens and I eat those too. I have also eaten ostrich, kangaroo, deer and buffalo before as well, why? Because its meat and I will NOT discriminate!

Now before you boycott my blog I do want to let you all know that I see the issue and maybe serving horse on Canadian TV is a little too sensitive. We wouldn’t give dog to Top Chef Contestants even though its eaten in other countries. If there was a Top Chef India I could assume that Cow wouldn’t be in their baskets. So, maybe Top Chef will apologise and we won’t have to worry about what other pets are being chopped up and served. Until then…maybe just change the channel!