When I was a kid my mother did tartare de cheval (raw minced horse meat) every saturday; there was an equine butcher shop right in front of our apartment building in Paris.<p>Now it&#x27;s been a while since I&#x27;ve had horse meat, but I remember it to be pretty good.<p>What I don&#x27;t know is why there should be a special butcher shop specifically for horse meat? In a regular butcher shop you can buy many other animal products than just beef (pork, rabbit, duck, chicken, lamb, etc.) so what&#x27;s so special about horse?