Obama Legalizes Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption

technorati.com ^ | November 28, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Madeline Bernstein

[justlittleoleme]

In a bipartisan effort, the House of Representatives and the United States Senate approved the Conference Committee report on spending bill H2112, which among other things, funds the United States Department of Agriculture. On November 18th, as the country was celebrating Thanksgiving, President Obama signed a law, allowing Americans to kill and eat horses. Essentially, one turkey was pardoned in the presence of worldwide media while in the shadows, buried under pages of fiscal regulation, millions of horses were sentenced to death.

[Buckeye McFrog]

How long till Moochelle begins mandating it be used in school lunches and McDonalds Happy Meals?

“Let Them Eat Horse!”

[digger48]

Wagyu Horsemeat?

http://www.nikuya.ca/

Nikuya distributes Wagyu (Kobe) Beef and Kurobuta (Berkshire) Pork to wholesale, foodservice and retail accounts throughout Canada. In British Columbia, Nikuya specializes in the processing, distribution and retailing of the following products.

Japanese Wagyu (Kobe) Beef
Australian Wagyu (Kobe) Beef
American Wagyu (Kobe) Beef
American Kurobuta (Berkshire) Pork
Ohmugi-buta (Barley Fed) Pork
Beef
Food Products
Poultry (Chicken, Duck, Turkey)
Horse Meat
Wild Boar

[aft_lizard]

And Canadians, well pretty much every country but the US.

[1rudeboy]

Great news, if true. Maybe fewer people will abandon or starve their horses with the slaughterhouse option reopened.

[Jedidah]

I’m not interested in horse meat, but I think it’s absurd that the government tries to tell us what we cannot eat.

If I want to eat my dog, I should be able to.

Disgusting, but freedom isn’t always pretty.

[kosciusko51]

From the article We Eat Horses, Don’t We? :

During World War II and the postwar years, when beef and pork were scarce or priced beyond most consumers’ means, horsemeat appeared in the butcher’s cold case. In 1951, Time magazine reported from Portland, Ore.: “Horsemeat, hitherto eaten as a stunt or only as a last resort, was becoming an important item on Portland tables. Now there were three times as many horse butchers, selling three times as much meat.” Noting that “people who used to pretend it was for the dog now came right out and said it was going on the table,” the article provided tips for cooking pot roast of horse and equine fillets.

A similar situation unfolded in 1973, when inflation sent the cost of traditional meats soaring. Time reported that “Carlson’s, a butcher shop in Westbrook, Conn., that recently converted to horsemeat exclusively, now sells about 6,000 pounds of the stuff a day.” The shop was evangelical in its promotion of horse as a main course, producing a 28-page guide called “Carlson’s Horsemeat Cook Book,” with recipes for chili con carne, German meatballs, beery horsemeat and more. While no longer in print, the book is catalogued on Amazon.

So, this is a sign that the economy is getting worse.

[jessduntno]

How many neigh votes were there?

[Domandred]

I’m thinking tough meat and bland flavor.

I never realized it was illegal to eat horses. I just thought people didn’t do it because horse meat wasn’t any good compared to other much tastier options. Of course that is also why even if legal most people won’t eat horse.

[Upstate NY Guy]

"Your magesty, your magesty - the peasants have no bread!"

Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake"

Obama: "Let them eat dog food"

[Balding_Eagle]

Yes, it seems most posters don’t know what a cruel thing the Animal Rights Nazi’s had forced into law. Their laws have caused great suffering for horses.

This is one of the few humane things Obama has done. Good for him.

[blackdog]

As a former farmer, you have to have some market for the disposition of all livestock raised by man. What else should you do with an injured or old horse? Feeding worms in a deep hole is a waste of input costs. Humane slaughter and good use of the animal's resources are what should be done, rgardless of it's attraction.

Unless it's processed, packaged, and distributed for use, it's a wasted resource which gets cleaned up by maggots.

[chris37]

Ew.

[stuartcr]

I’ve had it in restaurants in northern Japan.

[Yaelle]

To me, eating horses is like eating dogs and cats. It’s just wrong. I don’t know why he did this.

[digger48]

Obama is doing his level best to deliver a second Great Depression including the choice cuts of meat that were served in the 30s.

"I slaughtered this horse last Tuesday. I think it's startin' to turn. "

[USMCPOP]

There were “Hoover Hogs” and now we have “Obama Beef”.

[digger48]

how’d you like it?

[Berlin_Freeper]

I ate horse in Holland one time and it tasted horrible.

[Lady Lucky]

Next up, dogs?

[Lady Lucky]

You first, Wookie!