As the saying goes in rural areas, "Donkey meat smells good, but horse meat smells bad." Is horse meat really smelly?

In fact, it is not. There are three reasons. I believe many people have heard this sentence. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it vividly illustrates that donkey meat is a very delicious thing, that is, "dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground."

Being able to be compared with a dragon shows what kind of delicacy this is on earth.

And donkey meat is worthy of this honor. Donkey meat is popular all over the country. The tender and firm taste makes the editor's appetite increase just thinking about it.

Not only that, there are more folk sayings that prove the deliciousness of donkey meat, the most famous of which is "Donkey meat is fragrant and horse meat is smelly."

At this point, I believe some people will be a little confused. Why does this sentence use a method of belittling another food to explain that it is delicious compared to the previous saying?

In fact, this is not a disparagement, there is a mystery in it.

First of all, the saying that horse meat is not delicious is certainly not groundless.

Because everyone knows that our Chinese cuisine is diverse, and at its peak, it was almost a Man-Han banquet.

Flying in the sky and running on the ground, as long as it tastes good, there is nothing we can't cook.

Some netizens even joked that things that foreign people regard as savage beasts will either be eaten on their way to being eaten or have already been eaten as soon as they arrive in China.

Although this is just a joke, it also proves from the side that our demand for delicious food is never-ending.

So it’s not that horsemeat is vilified, it just does taste bad.

It’s not that it smells bad as the saying goes, but its texture is not as delicate and firm as donkey meat. Donkey meat even has a wonderful melt-in-your-mouth experience after being cooked.

Horse meat is made of crude fiber. This kind of meat is difficult to chew when eaten in the mouth, and it does not taste well when cooked. It may even taste like chewing wax.

In comparison, horse meat is naturally defeated by the delicious donkey meat.

In addition, there are actually many other factors that prevent people from eating horse meat.

The first one to bear the brunt is the very important status of horses in ancient times.

Think about it, everyone, in that era before cars, a group of good horses was even the key to victory in the war.

The status of horses at that time was actually higher than that of other species, and this is actually the case today.

We can see that many people like to race horses, raise horses, and take care of famous BMW horses as a career, but when have you ever seen people treat donkeys, mules or cows like this?

Therefore, our country actually did not have the habit of eating horse meat from the beginning.

In addition, just like many people still would not choose to eat dog meat, animals like horses are actually spiritual, and some can even communicate with their owners.

In ancient times, one's own horse was even his traveling companion. Who would eat his own companion or his own kind?

There is another problem, which can be said to be the third reason why no one eats horse meat nowadays.

Unlike other livestock, no one raises specialized meat horses.

Most of the horsemeat on the market now comes from racehorses that are old, weak, sick or disabled.

In order to win the competition, these horses are usually injected or fed many drugs.

These drugs accumulate in the horses' bodies over time and will remain in their flesh after death.

No one can tell what effect these drugs will have on the human body, but they will always make people feel a little uncomfortable.

But having said that, these are our habits, not the habits of nomads.

The environment on the grasslands is much harsher than ours. Under many extreme conditions, they cannot decide their own food and eat whatever is available.

In addition, there are few nomads who raise horses by themselves, and many people raise meat horses specifically for food.

The cooking habits of the grassland people are also different from ours. Under their cooking, even horse meat that does not taste good will have its own flavor.

The editor has said so much, but you still have to try it yourself to know whether horse meat is to your liking.

Just like many people are used to eating silkworm chrysalis, some people are not.

Ultimately, it's all a matter of personal taste.