Actually, Christianity banned horsemeat because
Jewish dietary laws prohibited it.  In the early church there was disagreement

over whether Christians were obligated to conform
to the Mosaic dietary regulations.  Fowls, fish, and animal which have a

split hoof AND chew a cud were permitted by the
law of Moses.  Ultimately, the apostles urged Christians to abstain from

strangled animals, meat offered to idols, and
blood.  However, tradition in Europe was a bit
stricter, permitting pork because

the poor depended upon it, but banning horsemeat.

  Sharon Giles <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:Anyone know what the nutritional value of
horsemeat is? Or whether or not it
can be obtained in the US?

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Authors
Hertrampf JW.
Title
The Myth on morse meat - An expedition in horsemeat's history [German]
Source
Fleischwirtschaft. 83(1):88-92, 2003.
Abstract
The horse (Equus caballus) is an animal which provides meat. The
nutritional value of horsemeat is different to the meat of other
productive farm animals. The consumption of horsemeat is determined by
customs of certain regions and their population. Meat of wild horses
already nourished human being in the stone age. The "second-class" rating of
horsemeat has primarily a religious background. Christianity has banned the
consumption of horsemeat with the argument that man will fall sick when
eating horsemeat. Only with the "Reformation" horsemeat has been accepted as
a suitable meat source. However, it became more or less the food for the
poor people, particularly during times of misery. In addition only older
horses which are not used for work anymore are slaughtered.
Their meat is normally of lower quality. The economic significance of
horsemeat has hardly been reviewed. Within the EU presently the Italians are
consuming most horsemeat per capita, followed by the Belgians. The lowest
horsemeat consumption per capita has Portugal. [References: 23]
Institution
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