So, smelly horse meat smells like donkey meat. I'd rather die than eat mule meat. What does this sentence mean? Some people think it should be said that mule meat is inedible, so farmers would rather die than eat mule meat. Actually, it's not. This rural proverb does not mean that you can't eat mule meat, but it quotes another meaning through mule meat.
Let me share the meaning of this rural proverb with you, and you will know if it makes sense.
What do you mean by smelly horse meat and fragrant donkey meat? Although horses are also listed as one of the six livestock, they can be raised and eaten, but most farmers will not do so. In the farming era, horses were used as means of transportation. With the advent of mechanization, there are fewer and fewer places to raise horses, and now horses are not seen in most rural areas.
Why do farmers say horse meat stinks? I don't think horses are as poisonous as some people say. If they are poisonous, what about the saying that horse meat stinks? Besides, in the northwest areas such as Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, there is also the habit of eating horses.
I think horse meat stinks, which is caused by local eating habits, such as sheep, cattle and pigs among the six animals we often eat. We can fry them or cook them.
However, horse meat smells bad during cooking and frying, which may be the treatment of horse meat and the wrong cooking method. For example, when I was in Wuhai, I ate smoked horse meat, which was delicious but not smelly at all. Wuhai is in Inner Mongolia, and there is a nomadic area. The local people have the habit of eating horses for a long time. Naturally, horse meat will be well treated so that it won't stink. On the other hand, in other rural areas, have you ever seen people who eat meat and smoke?
As for the fragrant donkey meat, it is better to understand. If donkey meat on the ground circulates in rural areas, it can be seen that many rural areas have recognized donkey meat.
What do you mean I'd rather die than eat mule meat? Some people say that mule meat can't be eaten because it is housework, while others say that mule meat is not delicious. In fact, this statement is not accurate.
Indeed, in the farming era, mules are the main labor force of families, but cows and donkeys are the same, and people will eat them. And when the mule is old, it loses its labor, so it is a waste not to eat it.
As for some people who say that mule meat is not delicious, it is also wrong. Didn't they say that goose meat in the sky and mule meat on the ground are circulating in some places? It can be seen that mule meat is not delicious and horse meat stinks for the same reason, and the cooking method is wrong.
In fact, you can't eat mule meat here, which shows an attitude.
A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey. What is the most hurtful sentence for rural people? I think this should be just like Zhang Fei calling Lu a three-surname domestic slave in the Three Kingdoms. Is everyone clear? Mule, the hybrid product, deviated from the mainstream thought respected by local rural people.
Note: It says here that I would rather die than eat mule meat.
It means that farmers think mules are inferior animals, and the reason for inferiority is the product of hybridization. Therefore, farmers would rather starve to death than eat their meat, which is the same as not eating the food they get, and not bending over for five buckets of rice shows their integrity and stand.
To sum up, smelly horse meat smells like donkey meat, and eating mule meat is better than dying. In this sentence, horse meat is smelly, which is caused by cooking methods and eating habits. If horse meat is cooked well, it won't stink.
I would rather die than eat mule meat, not to say that mule meat can't be eaten. I just look down on this kind of hybrid animals through the source of mules and think they are inferior. I would rather starve to death than eat myself. It's a bit like being poor and having backbone. The reason is the same.