The Equestrian Delicacy - Morse (or Heat) and Nutrition

TheOatmeal was right: We SHOULD eat horses!

Did I catch your attention, all you animal lovers? Mission Accomplished!

But seriously, if you have become a regular reader of TheOatmeal's comics and articles on his own website (http://theoatmeal.com/), then you'll know that as a child, he lived on a farm which had horses, and he tells of his terrible experiences with these noble beasts.

If you want to see the article, click here.

But now, what do I see on the news? Why, horse slaughter has become legal, of course.

"AAAAHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHH!"

See, this is something that really perplexes me. Why is the current American President Barack Obama focusing his efforts on lifting bans on horse consumption rather than, oh, let’s say, attempting to fix the current American debt problems?

You all heard of it: The United States' credit rating dropped because they couldn't pay off their debts. Why, I was in Switzerland enjoying the fresh Luzernian landscape and you couldn't find a news television channel that didn't follow the situation by the minute! If you've never heard of it, then you probably do not read the news.

Oh look! Another tangent! Better get back on topic!

Right, Horses.

Now, all I'm thinking about this situation is, "Oh dear, we have another source to add to the MacDonald’s mystery meat? And what are they going to call the meat? Heat? Morse?”

 

 See what I did here???

This situation has already raised some controversy with the American people, so much so that about 70% of all Americans are against this choice. Apparently, Obama has lifted the ban to slaughter and produce the animal, but also placed a ban on the meat being sold inside the American States, where its primary consumers would become Mexico and Canada.

This kind of worries me, but... what if horse meat is actually... good?

I saw a person defending the legalization of the meat by saying that:

"Horse meat is USDA-recommended. It's low in fat, very high in protein, and has double the iron of lean beef and other meats. It also has a high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids, which help fight stroke, heart disease and neurodegeneration."

Really? Is that true? Most of us see meat as a source of fat, calories and pretty much everything bad. Yet, if this is true, then Morse (or Heat) will quickly become expensive and much sought after.

However, I have a little bit of evidence that Morse (...or Heat) could be good for you... Well, more-so a story.

You see, back in the 1960s, my dad was still living in the Former Yugoslavia in a small village called Drvar (which resides in current-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) before he moved to Canada. His neighborhood was primarily farmland, so they pretty much fed themselves.

One day, he got a very bad fever, one which couldn't be cured by medicine since they lived in the countryside. His mother, my grandmother, however, had a cure: Horse Milk.

It apparently was the worst thing he's ever tasted. Ever worse, he had to milk the horse himself for some sort of traditional reason.

A day later, his fever quickly diminished, and for all I know, I may have not been born if it weren't for Horse Milk.

So, will Morse become the next hot thing, or will it be seen as disgusting? Only time can tell.

Thanks for your time.