As a foodie nation, it has long been a surprise that the vast majority of Chinese don't eat horse meat. Look at those prevalent in the streets and alleys of the restaurant, raw pork, beef, beef and mutton are all the main part of the farming industry, issued to the usual meat products, and the same very good horse meat, but has not been able to afford.

Horse meat is delicious, everyone next door to neighboring countries, Japan, is quite favorite to eat horse meat. The Kumamoto region of Japan has a custom of eating horse meat, and it is most famous for eating raw horse meat sashimi, which is generally called "sakura sakura" on the menu because of its bright red color that pleases people.

Studies have found that horsemeat is high in iron, more colorful than pork and beef. This is why the color of horsemeat is different from other meats, and not only does it not turn black after sitting for a long time, but it becomes redder and more tender, and the natural marbled fat on the horsemeat becomes delicate as the iron content reflects with the air and turns red.

The nutritional value of horse meat is also very high, rich in collagen, but also low-calorie meat food, body fat rate is very low. In addition, horse meat is also rich in vitamins, calcium and beef glycogen, the body of people who often eat horse meat is healthier. And all Japanese people who love to eat horse meat will rush to Kumamoto to taste the delicious flavor.

China is not everyone does not eat horse meat, China's main horse-producing regions are Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, Xinjiang, in which the friends eat more horse meat, especially the local Kazakhs, with a production of smoked horse meat and smoked horse intestines good processing technology, made out of horse meat into the characteristics.

But the people who eat horse meat is still a minority, and horse meat have not become a more famous snack. Comparison with neighboring countries, Japan, their horse meat commodities are indeed not well known, even their own country people still do not know. However, this has nothing to do with whether the horse meat is good or not, but is usually related to the traditional style of Chinese history.

China has been an agricultural country for a long time in its history, and it has always been the case that people have made their living by farming the land, breeding cattle as a vehicle, and then rearing livestock such as pigs and sheep. Mounts were attributed to the Huns in the north, and the effect of raising horses was not for food, but more for ordinary life, or when they came across a battle, they had to be used.

The same as cattle, mounts as the most important human capital at that time, not as a last resort, is no one can eat horse meat. Even at that time also spread the eating horse meat, horse liver will be poisoned such a statement, the Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded "eating horse meat poisoning, drinking lutong juice, eating sweet almonds can be solved".

Despite the fact that nowadays people's daily life conditions are better, but also realize that the horse meat is not toxic, can take, and taste good, but the horse meat is still not able to rise, we still love raw pork, beef and mutton.

1, the number of mounts raised more, there are very few domestic scale breeding to take the horse farms, not much money. Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang where there is also grassland, put the horse out in the middle of the day to feed grass, reduce concentrate feed spending, the horse can also be full of the hills themselves fitness exercise.

2, mount cooking difficulty coefficient is very high, and not like pigs, cattle and sheep meat food, we have thousands of cooking methods, but for horse meat, cumbersome and complex solutions, and with each other contemporary taste, has been a big problem, and thus basically no chef wants to carry out the development of horse meat design.

3, horse meat appearance is very difficult to see, not like the Japanese that, Kumamoto's horse meat is improved, enhanced body fat rate, so that the marbling is more clear. And our country's beef and mutton body fat rate is relatively low, more pork lean meat, cooking out of the horse meat ingredients appearance is not so good-looking, people can not mention the appetite.