SC - CA13 and bath feasts

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Oh yes, this is my point! I try to use a "cultural relativistic"
approach to the topic. We, "modern" people use the same "barbarian" kind
of treatments we accuse our ancestors or primitive folks for. We stuff
the goose with crumbs and sherry to have it fatted and its liver grow
abnormally fat, we starv to death the snails we are going to eat (to
purgate them). Why should we assume our ancestors or the Chinese or the
Indians or (choose the adjectiv you want), were "barbarian", but not we?
I suggest to you interested on the topic a wonderful book, written by
Calvin W. Schwabe "Unmentionable Food". There is all, from Racoon Stew
(USA) to Fried Cockchafer Grubs, France.
Ana L. Valdés

Wajdi skrev:
> 
> What about eating fresh, raw (live) oyesters?  Where the critter is still alive as
> it slides down the throat.
> wajdi
> 
> ana l. valdes wrote:
> 
> > My thesis is about how we deal with the animals, the "ethology" involved
> > in the process. I mean, how we slaught our mammales to get meat, how to
> > stuff goose with food to have their liver grow, all these things are
> > historical facts, evoluting from one era to another. My grandfather was
> > a veterinary and chemist, and worked many years as chief for the
> > Meatexport authority in Uruguay. At that time Uruguay was one of the
> > biggest meat exporters in the world.
> > He told me a lot about how sick animals were traded to make patés and
> > corned biff with them. In Sweden they are very sensitive about the
> > inmigrants from Middle Eastern, how de eat, what things they eat, how
> > they prepare the food.
> > My point is to try to constate that all civilizacions and ethnic groups
> > have agreed in some "methods" and have different alimentaries tabous. In
> > India you don´t eat meat of the cows, in very many countries, thats the
> > horse which is "not edible", etc, etc.
> > But all these tabous and methods to eat, to cook and to preserve the
> > food (from kosher to halal) are or were dictated by cultural demands.
> > The problem is, the topis is so vast, I am still collecting books and
> > iconography and I started 1993.
> > I don´t see any end, but see the thing as a "longliveproject"
> > Regards
> > Ana L. Valdés
> >
> 
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