After the matador kills the bull, who gets the meat?
Depends. The matador doesn’t always win.
(I love that joke)
I live in Madrid.
I’ve actually heard differing reports. Those who support bullfighting occasionally say it’s a worthy cause because the meat goes to poor families. I’ve heard opponents of bullfighting say that either the meat goes to a pricey dinner for the torero and his friends, or nowhere because the meat from fighting bulls is not very good.
I anxiously await a settlement of this enigma.
UnuMondo
The meat is sold just like any other meat. Why wouldn’t it be?
Well maybe because this is a slightly more circuitous route than the normal farm/slaughter/process.
Who owns the bulls anyway? Do they have to call a butcher/slaughterman and let him know where the bull ended up?
Am I being thick…possibly, it’s early.
Well… maybe because it’s not killed in the same way that cows are in a slaughterhouse, because it’s not actually done AT a slaughterhouse, where the system for moving the meat through and processing it is in place, and because it may not be owned by a company or group of individuals that are also normally involved in meat production and sale. And it may or may not be less suitable for eating than normal meats.
Now, granted, if you’re having the bullfight somewhere where people routinely buy their meat from a guy who had too many cows up until a couple of hours ago rather than from a supermarket, this wouldn’t be much of a problem. But given that not all bullfights happen in areas like that… cite?
Don’t be obtuse. I am not saying the meat is sold on the spot. I expect the animal would be taken to the slaughterhouse to be butchered like any other animal. I can’t see what’s so unusual with that. You want links? We got links:
Link 1 Which says the sale of meat from bullfights is newly authorised after it was banned for a few months in Spain due to mad cow disease. During those months the animals had to be incinerated.
Link 2 Which says the European Commission requests Spain conduct specific testing on the meat from bullfights as there is evidence some of the animals had been given fenilbutazone (antiinflamatory drug) in order to make them perform better in the ring. Normally this drug takes a couple of days to disappear from the system but in the case of bulls killed in the bullring it shows up in the meat.
Link 3 Spanish regulation 260/2002 which regulates the inspection, handling and sale of meat coming from bullfight animals. Enjoy the reading.