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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Since horses thrive on grass they are less competitive than pigs , but they need a
lot more grass than cattle , sheep , or goats . As the Israelites recognized , the
horse does not chew the cud . Horses digest fibrous materials in a greatly
enlarged ...
Since horses thrive on grass they are less competitive than pigs , but they need a
lot more grass than cattle , sheep , or goats . As the Israelites recognized , the
horse does not chew the cud . Horses digest fibrous materials in a greatly
enlarged ...
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What about sheep ? Sheep _ especially lamb - ranks considerably higher in
terms of gustatory prestige than goat , but far below cattle and pigs . Per capita
consumption of mutton and lamb mostly lamb in the United States is tiny
compared ...
What about sheep ? Sheep _ especially lamb - ranks considerably higher in
terms of gustatory prestige than goat , but far below cattle and pigs . Per capita
consumption of mutton and lamb mostly lamb in the United States is tiny
compared ...
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So raising sheep could not be as profitable as raising pork and beef , which , as I
pointed out in the previous chapter , the ... where independence led to a surge in
woolen manufacture and an increase in sheep grazing , centered in Vermont .
So raising sheep could not be as profitable as raising pork and beef , which , as I
pointed out in the previous chapter , the ... where independence led to a surge in
woolen manufacture and an increase in sheep grazing , centered in Vermont .
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Good to eat: riddles of food and culture
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictWhy are the world's food habits or "foodways,'' as Harris refers to them, so diverse? In this scholarly yet fast-paced and very readable work, anthropologist Harris argues that "major differences in ... Leer comentario completo
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ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
EIGHT Small Things | 154 |
NINE Dogs Cats Dingoes and other Pets | 175 |
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