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Originally Posted by Joan M
From The Illinois Horse Meat Act: 225 ILCS 635/1.5
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DeKalb's Cavel International was forced to close in 2007 when then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the Illinois Horse Meat Act, banning the slaughter of horses for meat for human consumption.
Although
eating horse meat is not explicitly illegal in Illinois, the law is written in a way that all but discourages possession. Eating horse meat in the U.S. remains a cultural taboo, but horse meat can be found in restaurants as close as Toronto and in supermarket cold cases in French-speaking Canada. Most horse meat in the U.S. before the 2006 ban was exported.
Then... just a few year later...
"Horse Meat Goes ON Sale
By Tap Vann on November 30, 2011
— Congress has just greenlit horse slaughterhouses. Horse meat will be on shelves across American within two weeks.
Horses can now legally be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption. Congress enthusiastically lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections,which allows slaughterhouses to get up and running as soon as possible.
Laws change. Laws are ignored. There is still a law on the books in Pennsylvania requiring all males over the age of 16 to bring a rifle to Church on Sundays. (But don't try it...
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
Re: snails. I grew up in New Orleans with all the French restaurants. Whenever the family would go out for a nice dinner, I would order snails, or "escargot" as it said on the menu. They were delicious! Eating escargot is no big deal to a New Orleanian.
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No big deal to most cultures... with the exception of one or two. Escargot, Schnecken... call them anything, but once they're cooked in butter and garlic, don't block my way to 'em!
The snails usually used for Escargot and Schnecken are somewhat small when compared with the snails eaten in Asia called
Sazaeh. Grilled lightly with a little soy sauce, then 'twirled' out of their shells with a toothpick... They are a mouth-full! Ugly as sin, but delicious!
Stitchawl