Originally Posted by
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If you prefer to think that's the ONLY reason, fine. I'm just saying that it really isn't that tasty a meat (even you enjoyed it once it had been coated in dairy umami/MSG) and I doubt it would have become that popular anyway. There's not much of a history of 'sentimentally anthropomorphiing horses' in Spain, yet it rarely features on menus there. People in Spain have the choice, and they choose other meats.
My point is exactly that it should be a matter of taste, rather than legislation. In the USA, it has become a legislative matter, rather thaqn one of personal preference.
I can't stand cooked spinach, and once had a fern that meant a great deal to me because of from whom it was a gift. That doesn't mean I should pull out the stops to outlaw leafy green comestibles though. If you like them, more power to you. If I don't, that's also OK.
For the record, and back OT - even though I've tried whale (not that good) I do not believe it should be a harvested animal. Endangered trumps individual tastes and preferences.