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I remember living in China for an extended period of time and never seeing raw vegetables as part of a meal; locals I spoke with found the very concept unsanita
by DanAndersen 8y ago
I remember living in China for an extended period of time and never seeing raw vegetables as part of a meal; locals I spoke with found the very concept unsanitary.
It's unfortunate that some are advocating just abandoning chapters of our local cuisine as being no longer viable in our era. I'd rather we more strongly enforce regulations so we can hold onto our salads.
- Symbiote 8y agoChina has a long history of using human waste as fertilizer on fields, so only eating cooked vegetables was good hygiene. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/green_room/features/2008/the_big_necessity/in_one_end_and_out_the_burner.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/green_room/...
- greglindahl 8y agoIt's more fair that many, many places have done the same thing. When I was in Ghana for a summer in 1987, I was warned that "night soil" was often used in vegetable fields, and I should watch out for my tender American digestive system not being able to deal with the uncooked results. No slight against Ghana in particular, that's typical for countries at Ghana's level of development.
- sooper 8y agoI don't think it is a slight against Ghana. They may well be ahead of the curve on something we may all have to move back to, i.e. "Recycling animal and human dung is the key to sustainable farming"[1]. [1] http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/09/recycling-animal-and-human-dung-is-the-key-to-sustainable-farming.html http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/09/recycling-animal-and-...
- greglindahl 8y agoI'm all for sustainable farming, and poop is a manageable risk on fields where you cook what's grown there. But you don't treat vegetable fields with raw poop, which is what I was referring to... especially vegetables designed to be eaten uncooked.