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I lived in the province neighboring Friesland to the east, Groningen, 
for a year.  There was a (to me) wonderful outdoor market in the main 
square of the city of Groningen.  I learned very early that there was 
one line of stalls I didn't want to go near: the ones that sold 
horsemeat.  I never thought to ask any of my Dutch friends about how 
common it was to eat horsemeant, but certainly common enough to support 
several market stalls.  It was fun to go out into the countryside and 
get my horse fix by watching the big, black horses in the fields: 
friesians, later to become very "in" but then and there just the normal 
farm horse.
Laney
Lynne Glazer wrote:
> Thank you for your research.  My source was from the Netherlands as well.
>
> Lynne
>
> On Dec 8, 2006, at 5:24 PM, M Paul latiolais wrote:
>
> > I had a dutch friend of mine research the issue of the rescue horses.  
> > Here is what he found out so far. 
> >
> > > as I understand it, the owner had the horses in a meadow OUTSIDE the 
> > > main dykes, and was warned 2 weeks in advance that he should get his 
> > > horses in. It is not clear to me why he didn't. (They speak Frisian 
> > > up there, a language I only partially understand.)
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > > I gather that some are for slaughter, others for breeding. The Dutch 
> > > eat horse meat (Though not nearly as much
> > > as cow, chicken , or pig.)


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