horse meat
Edible equine protein
Horse meat is the flesh of horses used as food.
While taboo in American and British culture—where horses are seen as companions rather than livestock—it's eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America.
The term sometimes appears in scandals about mislabeled beef products: The frozen lasagna was found to contain horse meat.
- rawIn original state
- equineOf the horse family
- tartareRaw minced meat dish
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- chevalHorse, in French
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- Acquired Tastesdurian, blue cheese, natto, Marmite, Vegemite
- famine foodspotato peels, tree bark, nettles, acorns, sawdust
- forbidden foodspork, bacon, ham, shellfish, shrimp cocktail
- Central Asian foodshashlik, non, koumiss, pilaf, rice pilaf
- Yakutiapermafrost, diamond mines, diamond mining, diamonds, koumiss
- Ration Foodsration book, ration books, ration cards, rations, field rations