From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 15:52:28 MDT
YP Fun wrote:
>
> I will buy that in harsh cold environments most
> animals that are not ruminants cannot survive without
> meat but most of the earth is not covered in snow
> two thirds of the year.
>
> In fact according to this article:
>
> http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/news/1995/011195_genetic.html
>
> "Two-thirds of the world's population relies on rice
> as a staple food source, according to the U.S. Rice
> Council."
Potatoes are a stable food source in Idaho, which has harsh cold
winters. This doesn't mean that anybody in Idaho is a strict vegetarian,
or even gets most of their nutritive value from plant sources.
Nor does your cite meant that the mexican people get their nutrition
from plants exclusively, or even by a majority. In fact, Mexicans get
more of their protein from eating insects than any other country on
earth, and insects make up a large amount of traditional Mexican
cuisine.
So, YP, when are you gonna start chomping down those fricassied roaches?
>
> and
>
> "For years, people in Hispanic and Native American
> cultures have put together vegetable combinations that
> work fairly well. The typical Mexican meal that
> includes rice, beans and a corn tortilla includes all
> the required amino acids."
>
> Whether you like to believe if or not all your
> amino acid and other food needs may be acquired from
> rice and beans.
Except, of course, for a majority of the population whose blood type
precludes such diets excluding meat, primarily due to the tendency of
vegan diets to cause anemia.
>
> Rice is the poor-man's blubber!!!
I wasn't aware that the number of Eskimo billionaires was so high...
then, of course, the shortest route to anywhere in the Northern
Hemisphere is over the North Pole. I'm waiting for that Arctic Crossing,
LLC IPO to go through....
>
> On the topic of animal rights another interesting
> link that fills my mailbox with hate is:
>
> http://www.petsorfood.com/
>
> Ideas are dangerous. Are you really ready to know?
As I was telling one fellow at the Rainbow Gathering two summers ago,
spotted owl tastes kinda like bald eagle, only not quite as fishy, but I
do prefer mountain lion over both, served in a pelican boursoin sauce
with grizzly dumplings on the side.
I prefer People Eating Tasty Animals.
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