The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig: Riddles of Food and Culture |
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... consume various combinations of dairy products , eggs , poultry , mutton , fish , pork , goat , and even beef . True enough , the total quantity of animal flesh consumed by Hindu Indians amounts to less than a gram per day per capita ...
... consume various combinations of dairy products , eggs , poultry , mutton , fish , pork , goat , and even beef . True enough , the total quantity of animal flesh consumed by Hindu Indians amounts to less than a gram per day per capita ...
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... consume fresh , dried , salted , and fermented . In addition to fish , Thai Buddhists consume significant quantities of pork , buffalo meat , beef , chicken , ducks , silkworms , snails , shrimp , and crab . During the rainy season they ...
... consume fresh , dried , salted , and fermented . In addition to fish , Thai Buddhists consume significant quantities of pork , buffalo meat , beef , chicken , ducks , silkworms , snails , shrimp , and crab . During the rainy season they ...
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... consume fewer carotene - rich vegetables than normal children with healthy eyes , but they also consume less of practically everything else . In In- donesia , 92 percent of children in whom xerophthalmia had resulted in blindness in one ...
... consume fewer carotene - rich vegetables than normal children with healthy eyes , but they also consume less of practically everything else . In In- donesia , 92 percent of children in whom xerophthalmia had resulted in blindness in one ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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