From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed May 15 2002 - 01:57:02 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
>>On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 05:19 pm, Samantha Atkins wrote:
>>
>>>You are mistaken. The Far East traditionally is very largely
>>>vegetarian. Most cultures wer not that strict about it but most of the
>>>diet is vegetarian with occassional fish and other meats
>>>
>>The concept of eating meat every day is largely a modern Americanism.
>>Most cultures did not eat meat as much as we imagine. They used rice,
>>bread, potatoes and beans as their primary meals with a little meat
>>added occasionally. This usually wasn't choice, but was a natural
>>result of availability.
>>
>
> Yes, this was the traditional diet for the serf classes. Then again,
> they also averaged around 5 feet high and had an average life expectancy
> of 35 as well. I don't suppose you want to emulate that, do you?
Mike,
Go read a bit and then come back to this subject. 'K?
-samantha
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