Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Horses for Courses. |
| Authors: |
Eastlake, Laura |
| Source: |
History Today; Oct2026, Vol. 76 Issue 10, p16-18, 3p |
| Subject Terms: |
Horsemeat, Horses as food, Food animals, Food consumption, Human-animal relationships, Draft horses |
| Abstract: |
The article looks back at the gathering in London, England in February 1868 for a six-course banquet in which every dish was comprised of horsemeat, with the purpose to settle the question of whether horsemeat was a fitting food for human consumption in Great Britain. It raises the arguments for horse-eating or hippophagy that centered on taste, cost and food prices, human-animal relations in cities such as the case of workhorses used for transportation, and horse-eating as an ethical choice. |
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