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{{short description|Meat cut from a horse}}
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*''[[Bigoli]]'' {{Lang|it|al sugo di cavallo}}: a typical form of fresh pasta, similar to thick rough spaghetti, dressed with sauce like [[Bolognese sauce]], but made with minced horse meat
*{{Lang|it|Pezzetti di cavallo al sugo}}: horse stew, seasoned with sauce, vegetables and various peperoncino, widely used in the [[Salento]] [[File:Spezzatino di cavallo.jpg|thumb|right|Chunks ({{Lang|it|pezzetti}}) of horse stew ({{Lang|it|spezzatino di cavallo}})]]
In southern Italy, horse meat is commonly eaten everywhere - especially in the region of [[Apulia]], where it is considered a delicacy.<ref>{{cite book|author=Fabio Parasecoli|authorlink=Fabio Parasecoli|title=Food culture in Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWlCT5Hs8YwC|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32726-1|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uWlCT5Hs8YwC&pg=PA86 86]|access-date=January 8, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729083257/https://books.google.com/books?id=uWlCT5Hs8YwC|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Paula Hardy|author2=Abigail Hole|author3=Olivia Pozzan|title=Puglia & Basilicata|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8OEt_xn0nkC|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74179-089-4|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=e8OEt_xn0nkC&pg=PA42 42]|access-date=January 8, 2016|archive-date=May 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522110302/https://books.google.com/books?id=e8OEt_xn0nkC|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a vital part of the {{Lang|it|ragù barese}} ({{IPA-it|raˈɡu bbaˈreːze|}}) in [[Bari]] and of the [[
According to British food writer [[Matthew Fort]], "The taste for donkey and horse goes back to the days when these animals were part of everyday agricultural life. In the frugal, unsentimental manner of agricultural communities, all the animals were looked on as a source of protein. Waste was not an option."<ref>Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa by [[Matthew Fort]]. 2005, p253-254. {{ISBN|0-00-721481-2}}</ref>
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In Norway, horse meat is commonly used in cured meats, such as {{Lang|no|vossakorv}} and {{Lang|no|svartpølse}}, and less commonly as steak, {{Lang|no|hestebiff}}.
In pre-Christian Norway, horse was seen as an expensive animal. To eat a horse was to show one had great wealth, and to sacrifice a horse to the gods was seen as the greatest gift one could give. When Norwegians adopted Christianity, horse-eating became taboo as it was a religious act for pagans, thus it was considered a sign of heresy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jochens|first=Jenny|title=Women in Old Norse Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3h-lkgBWercC&pg=PA87|year=1998|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-8520-6|pages=87–88|access-date=January 8, 2016|archive-date=March 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306013134/https://books.google.com/books?id=3h-lkgBWercC|url-status=live}}</ref> These days, consumption of horse meat is considered controversial, but not uncommon. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forskning.no/historie-kjott-kulturhistorie/hestekjott-ble-forbudt-for-over-1000-ar-siden-men-vi-sluttet-ikke-a-spise-det/2267494 | title=Hestekjøtt ble forbudt for over 1.000 år siden, men vi sluttet ikke å spise det | date=October 22, 2023 }}</ref>
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====Tonga====
In [[Tonga]], horse meat is eaten nationwide.<ref>Simoons, F.J., 1994, Eat not this Flesh, Food Avoidances from Pre-history to Present, University of Wisconsin Press.</ref> The dish is also popular among [[Demographics of Tonga#Diaspora|Tongan diaspora]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/30-03-2022/tongans-eat-horse-meat-and-its-not-that-big-a-deal | title=Tongans eat horse and it's not that big a deal | date=March 30, 2022 }}</ref>
==See also==
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