Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureThe anthropologist/author takes on some of the major food riddles, including cannibalism, to reveal why a culture accepts or spurns specific foods |
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Why don't Americans eat horsemeat? Horsemeat is redder than beef, but
Americans like red meat. Horsemeat is sweeter than beef, but would that bother
people who dump sweetened ketchup and steak sauce on their T-bones and
sirloins?
Why don't Americans eat horsemeat? Horsemeat is redder than beef, but
Americans like red meat. Horsemeat is sweeter than beef, but would that bother
people who dump sweetened ketchup and steak sauce on their T-bones and
sirloins?
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that horsemeat is not only tastier but healthier than other meats. In Japan,
horsemeat eating is on the rise. A popular ingredient in sukiyaki dishes and in
chopped meat products, horsemeat accounts for 3 percent of meat protein in the
...
that horsemeat is not only tastier but healthier than other meats. In Japan,
horsemeat eating is on the rise. A popular ingredient in sukiyaki dishes and in
chopped meat products, horsemeat accounts for 3 percent of meat protein in the
...
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horsemeat from newly fallen horses after the battle of Eylau in 1807 not only
recovered but actually thrived and became immune to scurvy. Thereafter, the
officers of the French army no longer hesitated to let their men consume the flesh
of ...
horsemeat from newly fallen horses after the battle of Eylau in 1807 not only
recovered but actually thrived and became immune to scurvy. Thereafter, the
officers of the French army no longer hesitated to let their men consume the flesh
of ...
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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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| Título | Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture |
| Autor | Marvin Harris |
| Editor | Simon and Schuster, 1985 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Indiana |
| Digitalizado | 12 Ago. 2009 |
| ISBN | 0671503669, 9780671503666 |
| Largo | 289 páginas |
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