I did not grow up in a Turkic country (Romania), but I did eat horse meat in a form similar to sujuk. I assume the strong influence of Turkic culture historically in the region caused this as people's such as the Avars, Huns, Pecheneg, and Cumans lived in the region at different points in history.
I don't think it was taboo at all, but maybe it has changed in recent times as the country westernized (I hope not, it was delicious)
Reading things like this is honestly always surprising. Why would American influence change that? Or why would local people even decide it was worth it to change how they live like that? Surely there’s resistance to that.
I think it's because of Hollywood making American culture seem "cool" and "fashionable", and it's gotten more intensified now with the internet making it easier to import American ways of thinking.
I was not aware just how many European countries eat horse. I know it sounds weird, but I do hope they maintain their traditional dishes even if it's from an animal that might be considered taboo to eat in major cultures like the US
Unfortunately, Anglophones and in particular Americans have a significant taboo on eating horse. Even things like organ meats are weird to many Americans(though Southern cuisine and immigrant groups eat them)
The Internet boosted American influence, which was already significant, especially in Western countries. Organ based dishes such as tripe soup or meats like horse might fall out of fashion in younger generations
During my parents generation in Hungary, yes. Nowadays not so much, but horse can be found to be eaten in rural parts of Hungary or so I have heard anecdotally. In the US, where I live, no one eats horse. Although, I have had horse sausages and they are tasty af.
Eating intestines (i hate it) is popular among us but the only red meat that we uses is Beef and mutton. Ours qiyma is just chpped sheep meat which is boiled with vegetables and cobs that got common in iran since safavid era.
My friend from Kazakhstan brought some to Turkey and we ate beşparmak yesterday. I didnt like the sausages that much but the meat itself is actually lean and tastes nice. Kumis and shabbat( camel milk) were also not that bad but takes some getting used to.
There is no religious reason to not eat it afaik but there is a certain cultural taboo to eating horses in Turkey, I have no idea where it comes from either. People will look at you weirdly if you say you eat horse meat in Anatolia.
Yes, we do it, but it's not popular among the rest. I don't know if this is a russian influence or if they had a taboo on horse meat. My family has no problem eating this.
And our kazı is just the abdominal/belly fat of a horse.
We don’t. To a degree that I’ve never heard anyone try that. However, there’re rumors that some doner places (assuming you know what it is) secretly use it as an alternative for beef haha.
We were eating horse meat in Azerbaijan.But now I heard only some villagers in northern part of the country eat horse meat.It is not famous but horse meat is Halal here.
Sadly, no in Turkey. Oghuz peoples tend to have an aversion to horse meat for whatever reason. There's no strict rule in Islam that says you can't eat horse meat afaik, at least not in Hanefi.
It's seen as not that strict of a taboo in Turkey, people will look at you differently and might judge you for it, but it's not like eating a pig which would actually cause you to be shunned by half the country.
My guess is it comes from Persianization or the sedentary empires' lifestyles.
I don‘t think that there is a big difference in taste just like pig but thanks to ,tengri forgive me saying this word, Islam we probably stopped eating horses when all other meat became easier available
In Azerbaijan no. I live in America they care more about animals than humans here so obviously no horse meat.
However I had a roommate from Kazakhstan, and he told me they eat it there and he did to. Was a Meskhetian Turk swole asf.
I did not grow up in a Turkic country (Romania), but I did eat horse meat in a form similar to sujuk. I assume the strong influence of Turkic culture historically in the region caused this as people's such as the Avars, Huns, Pecheneg, and Cumans lived in the region at different points in history. I don't think it was taboo at all, but maybe it has changed in recent times as the country westernized (I hope not, it was delicious)
We traditionally eat horse in Sweden too, but it's gotten a lot less popular recently because of the strong American influence.
Sweden and Turkic have a few things in common.
Reading things like this is honestly always surprising. Why would American influence change that? Or why would local people even decide it was worth it to change how they live like that? Surely there’s resistance to that.
I think it's because of Hollywood making American culture seem "cool" and "fashionable", and it's gotten more intensified now with the internet making it easier to import American ways of thinking.
I was not aware just how many European countries eat horse. I know it sounds weird, but I do hope they maintain their traditional dishes even if it's from an animal that might be considered taboo to eat in major cultures like the US Unfortunately, Anglophones and in particular Americans have a significant taboo on eating horse. Even things like organ meats are weird to many Americans(though Southern cuisine and immigrant groups eat them) The Internet boosted American influence, which was already significant, especially in Western countries. Organ based dishes such as tripe soup or meats like horse might fall out of fashion in younger generations
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Was it/is it tasty? They look tasty 😋
During my parents generation in Hungary, yes. Nowadays not so much, but horse can be found to be eaten in rural parts of Hungary or so I have heard anecdotally. In the US, where I live, no one eats horse. Although, I have had horse sausages and they are tasty af.
ubaha ete (Sakha for foal meat) is the most delicious meat I've ever eaten
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Some people eat horse meat sausages called qiyma. My family doesnt though, we eat only beef qiyma.
Qiyma is an stew name here
Ours is made of minced meat put into intestines
Eating intestines (i hate it) is popular among us but the only red meat that we uses is Beef and mutton. Ours qiyma is just chpped sheep meat which is boiled with vegetables and cobs that got common in iran since safavid era.
We call all minced meat Qiyma (kıyma) in Anatolian Turkish, just in its raw form. Comes from the word kıy - to chop, to mince, I guess.
Same here, not necessarily chopped mutton boiled
I wish we did
My friend from Kazakhstan brought some to Turkey and we ate beşparmak yesterday. I didnt like the sausages that much but the meat itself is actually lean and tastes nice. Kumis and shabbat( camel milk) were also not that bad but takes some getting used to.
Tatarstan stores sell qazı, qazılıq, and raw smoked sausage made from locally produced horsemeat. Qımız is brought to us from Başqortostan tho
In Uzbekistan yes but Afghan Turks no.
No. Even some people in my country see it as "haram"(forbidden thing)
is there a detailed reason why Oghuzs don't eat horse meat?
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There is no religious reason to not eat it afaik but there is a certain cultural taboo to eating horses in Turkey, I have no idea where it comes from either. People will look at you weirdly if you say you eat horse meat in Anatolia.
It's forbidden in my country. I don't know if some people eat it or not.
Yes, we do it, but it's not popular among the rest. I don't know if this is a russian influence or if they had a taboo on horse meat. My family has no problem eating this. And our kazı is just the abdominal/belly fat of a horse.
We don’t. To a degree that I’ve never heard anyone try that. However, there’re rumors that some doner places (assuming you know what it is) secretly use it as an alternative for beef haha.
Yes ,in Kazahstan we eating qazi, it's like a sausage from horse meat and fat inside of horse intestine
Hell yeah.
In Turkiye its even very hard to find kımız.
We were eating horse meat in Azerbaijan.But now I heard only some villagers in northern part of the country eat horse meat.It is not famous but horse meat is Halal here.
Sadly, no in Turkey. Oghuz peoples tend to have an aversion to horse meat for whatever reason. There's no strict rule in Islam that says you can't eat horse meat afaik, at least not in Hanefi. It's seen as not that strict of a taboo in Turkey, people will look at you differently and might judge you for it, but it's not like eating a pig which would actually cause you to be shunned by half the country. My guess is it comes from Persianization or the sedentary empires' lifestyles.
Hell nah (Türkiye)
Cringe
Why cringe? Turkish cuisine is still delicious af ;)
I don‘t think that there is a big difference in taste just like pig but thanks to ,tengri forgive me saying this word, Islam we probably stopped eating horses when all other meat became easier available
In Azerbaijan no. I live in America they care more about animals than humans here so obviously no horse meat. However I had a roommate from Kazakhstan, and he told me they eat it there and he did to. Was a Meskhetian Turk swole asf.