China is a populous country, there are many foodies, some foreigners disdain to try the ingredients, in the hands of the Chinese people have become a delicacy.
Pigs, horses, cattle and sheep are very important livestock, and pork, beef and mutton, eat more people, no matter in which city, the streets and alleys can always find beef restaurants, mutton restaurants and so on.
However, in China, only a minority of people have eaten horse meat, and it is not popular to eat horse meat, and there are not many sources of horse meat on the market, and there are few merchants selling it in many places. Why isn't horse meat on fire in the country? Is it because it's too unpalatable?
In fact, horse meat can also be eaten. As long as it is done well, the horse meat is also very delicious. Not as the saying goes, the meat is coarser and has a poorer taste. Horse meat is generally easier to cook, such as horse meat hot pot.
Horse meat has a very small fat content, rich in protein, vitamins and other nutrients, basically lean meat, is a very good ingredient.
Overall, horse meat has less fat content than pigs, cattle and sheep, and horse meat fat is similar to vegetable oil, containing unsaturated fatty acids. The content of unsaturated fatty acids in fish oil is particularly high, which can ester cholesterol, reduce blood viscosity, and have a special effect on preventing arteriosclerosis.
The world's most popular horse meat is mainly Kazakhstan and other countries. According to statistics, 4.7 million horses are slaughtered worldwide every year.
It is not entirely free of horse meat in our country. The main horse-producing areas in China are Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, of which there are more people who eat horse meat in Xinjiang, mainly the Kazakhs living in Xinjiang. The most popular place in China's horse meat shops is Xinjiang, where smoked horse meat and smoked horse intestines are local specialties. In addition, Guangxi is also more popular with brine horse meat.
Most areas of Our country are not popular to eat horse meat, and it does not have much to do with whether horse meat is delicious or not, mainly related to historical traditions.
Because our country has been an agricultural country for a long time in history, for a long time, most people have farmed for a living, and there are relatively few horses, and horses are mainly from nomadic peoples in the north. And the purpose of raising horses is not to eat, most of them are used to drive goods to pull people, or for war. Horses, as one of the most important laborers of that era, were generally not forced to eat horse meat.
The reason why Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries are popular for eating horse meat is historical inheritance, their ancestors are nomadic people, that is, they live by raising horses or other livestock, and also feed on horse meat and horse milk.
In ancient times, horse liver was said to be poisonous, and even Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that "those who eat horse meat poisoning, drink reed juice, eat almonds can be solved." This theory was first derived from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In fact, horse liver is not only not poisonous, but also a traditional Chinese medicine.
The demand for meat for most people in China is mainly based on pork, and they do not eat horse meat much. Without demand, there will naturally not be too many horse breeders in the market. In addition, horses are not as good as pigs, and the cost of raising a horse is relatively high. Due to the small number of horses and the high price of horse meat, the market penetration rate is naturally not as high as that of beef and mutton.
It is precisely under the dual role of historical tradition and market that it is not popular to eat horse meat in China.
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