There was a big fuss recently in Sweden about lasagna and burgers containing horse meat.
The fuss, which is all across Western Europe is that:
1) the horse meat was described as beef;
2) the horses were not bred for the table;
3) the horses were mostly former draft animals slaughtered in Romania because the law banned the use on the roads of horses and carts
In short, the fuss is about the description and quality of the meat.
Sweden is atheist heaven, and so there shouldn’t be any hard and fast table manner
Where does it say that not believing in a god means not believing in table manners?
It’s because Judeo/Christian nations base what is right and wrong to eat on the rules God gave to the Jews.
Which is why half the countries in Europe have national dishes that involve pork or the use of milk and dairy products in the same dish. And this a comment from the country of clam chowder and gumbo.
Horse meat is also considered a delicacy in the "Judeo/Christian nations" of France and Belgium where specialist horse butchers can be found. It's good, believe me.
whale burgers
Whale meat was a staple in much of Western Europe and North America as late as the late 1940s; in Britain, it was called snoek and was a widespread substitute for red meat which was difficult to obtain during and after the war. In Norway, Iceland and the Faroes this continued into the 1980s.
fresh cat casseroles, and tasty little kitten fingers.
Cats, bred for the table, are eaten in Hong Kong and Macao where a large number of people are, er, Christian.
If you want to blame a set of beliefs for an unrestricted diet, blame Christianity.
