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Humans may have evolved to eat meat but nowhere near the staggering quantities of low-quality meat that most Americans now consume. I once read it estimated th
by teach 9y ago
Humans may have evolved to eat meat but nowhere near the staggering quantities of low-quality meat that most Americans now consume.
I once read it estimated that the average Jew in first-century Palestine would have probably eaten less than a pound of beef per year.
- xienze 9y ago> I once read it estimated that the average Jew in first-century Palestine would have probably eaten less than a pound of beef per year. What's the source on that? And there are of course other kinds of meat you can eat besides beef.
- douche 9y ago> I once read it estimated that the average Jew in first-century Palestine would have probably eaten less than a pound of beef per year. Which makes sense, in a region that was profoundly ill-suited for cattle farming... If you want to talk about staggering quantities of low-quality meat, look at European military/naval rations from the early modern period. At least a pound a day of salt beef, pork, or fish. https://csphistorical.com/2016/01/24/salt-pork-ships-biscuit-and-burgoo-sea-provisions-for-common-sailors-and-pirates-part-1/ https://csphistorical.com/2016/01/24/salt-pork-ships-biscuit...