Horses for (main) courses...

[Gob]

Next week the man known around Perth as the Prince of Flesh will become the bloke who brought horse meat for human consumption to the Australian market.

Vince Garreffa of Mondo Di Carne gourmet butchers will have the country's first horses set for human consumption in Australia slaughtered within the next couple of days, with Mondos to begin selling fresh horse meat aimed at ethnic groups, who regard the product as a tasty treat, soon after.



At least one Perth chef is set to add horse to the restaurant's menu. While horse sushi is served in Japan, horse milk lattes are big in Belgium and horse tartare appears on a restaurant menu in Edinburgh, there is something about eating Mr Ed that does not fly with some Australians.

Late last month the WA Minister for Agriculture and Food Terry Redman approved the slaughter of horses for human consumption, and the WA Meat Industry Authority is keeping a very close eye on the slaughter process.

Mr Garreffa said he would be the first Australian butcher to offer the product for humans, and claimed that people from ethnic groups who enjoyed the meat often resorted to buying it from pet stores.

Mr Garreffa said it was a little known fact that between 50,000 and 70,000 horses were slaughtered in Australia every year for human consumption in other parts of the world. It was time to end the hypocrisy, he said.

"It has never been sold before for domestic consumption in Australia," he said.

"We feel it's not going to be big business, it's not a money making venture, it's all about supplying the ethnic community with something they grew up with."

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbei ... 101ws.html

As you can imagine, it's not something I would eat, but I've no problems with others chomping down on a bit of nag, as long as the processes to bring it to table are humane.

[loCAtek]

Next week the man known around Perth as the Prince of Flesh ...

A good porn-star name!

[The Hen]

The French have been eating horse (Dartmoor Pony) for years.

It isn't something I have ever felt the desire to eat, but at least it isn't a carnivore.