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Page 130
... Chinese , Japanese , Koreans , and Indo - Chinese have an inveterate aversion to the use of milk . " I shared Lowie's sense of wonder . As an admirer and frequent consumer of Chinese cuisine , I should have realized that there were no ...
... Chinese , Japanese , Koreans , and Indo - Chinese have an inveterate aversion to the use of milk . " I shared Lowie's sense of wonder . As an admirer and frequent consumer of Chinese cuisine , I should have realized that there were no ...
Page 150
... Chinese had no reason to keep large numbers of cows to breed oxen and therefore never were motivated to use milk as a by - product of their use of animals for plowing . The Chinese were also under no economic obligation to raise sheep ...
... Chinese had no reason to keep large numbers of cows to breed oxen and therefore never were motivated to use milk as a by - product of their use of animals for plowing . The Chinese were also under no economic obligation to raise sheep ...
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... Chinese , unlike Europeans , were under no nutritional pressure to make use of milk . A considerable por- tion of the Chinese diet has long consisted of various cabbages , varieties of lettuce , spinach , and other dark green , leafy ...
... Chinese , unlike Europeans , were under no nutritional pressure to make use of milk . A considerable por- tion of the Chinese diet has long consisted of various cabbages , varieties of lettuce , spinach , and other dark green , leafy ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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