Sunday, September 9, 2012
Horses
Horses are everywhere in Iceland. They are all the same kind, the Icelandic horse, which was brought in by the early Norsemen.
They are noted for their gentle nature. Some of them are used for meat
and they are used to round up the sheep, but I see them mostly just
hanging out in the valleys, frolicking, licking one another, and coming
to greet tourists who stop to see them.
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Some of the horses are used for meat?
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of the days in Peace Corps. The merguez sausages were made of horsemeat in my region of Tunisia. I got so used to eating these that I would go to the Tunisian food stalls along Rue Severin in Paris in the 70's to find them.
I also found out that the had served burghers made of horsemeat at the Harvard faculty club up until the 80's. Apparently, World War II veterans who had served in Europe had developed a taste for horsemeat too.
They offer "Horse Filled" (sic) - I prefer just watching the horses. No horse meat for me please.
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