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    $\begingroup$ While it is a taboo in the U.S, horse meat is eaten in countries like Italy and Japan. $\endgroup$
    – user2813274
    Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 19:14
  • $\begingroup$ Would it make more sense, then, to have separate lines/breeds of riding and eating cows? I'm thinking of something larger and more bison-like for combat, and something smaller and more cow-like for food. $\endgroup$
    – ckersch
    Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 20:02
  • $\begingroup$ @ckersch yes, actually that would be a likely scenario. $\endgroup$
    – bowlturner
    Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 20:11
  • $\begingroup$ peoples who tend to domesticate animals for work don't tend to eat them. May be purelly accidental. The animals we use for work are few and expensive (need to be big, after all). It is not that you would not eat them, but the ones you have you use them for work until they are old (and almost inedible) because it gives you a better ROI. For your needs of meat, you get a better investment in other animals which grow faster/are less delicated (chicken, pigs). $\endgroup$
    – SJuan76
    Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 21:28
  • $\begingroup$ @SJuan76 yes that is the point. You'll be less likely to eat the bovine you've trained for the saddle, since then you have to train another one... $\endgroup$
    – bowlturner
    Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 21:35