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> It's hard to do without refrigeration. We’ve changed our diet since refrigeration is available. That’s an argument of vegetarians: Since we want meat, we nee
by laurent92 5y ago
> It's hard to do without refrigeration.
We’ve changed our diet since refrigeration is available. That’s an argument of vegetarians: Since we want meat, we need a refrigerator, which in turn makes us eat a lot of processed food. Frozen food, yoghurts, milk-based products, all of those are heavily processed, we try to “fill in the rest of the fridge”. My vegetarian friends reversed it: Eat veggies and fruits in quantity, grains, nuts, beans, bread, spices, oils… I’m a meat eater but I’m just passing the word: It is possible to live without refrigeration without compromising food, except meat.
- cerved 5y agoI don't know, refrigeration seems pretty useful
- Spivak 5y agoEvery vegetarian but not vegan I know, including myself, eats dairy like crazy so I cant really say I experience this sentiment. Also fruits and veggies are basically the definition of food that needs refrigeration or “processing” for preservation. Strawberries that aren’t specifically bread to be hearty can spoil in less than a day. Prior to refrigeration we leaned on (and probably still do if you have a garden) canning, drying, pickling, fermenting — I mean making garlic confit was originally a way to preserve garlic. And you can preserve meat fine without refrigerators, that’s why we started salting, smoking and curing meat. The thing you compromise without a refrigerator is the ability to have truly fresh fruits, veggies, and meat for longer than the natural spoiling time.
- krisoft 5y ago> I mean making garlic confit was originally a way to preserve garlic. Why would someone need to preserve garlic? Dry unpealed heads should stay good for months in a cold, dry, dark place like the back of a cupboard. It stores about as well as potatoes or onions in my experience.
- boplicity 5y agoJust one minor nitpick...the literal purpose of yogurt was, originally, to eliminate the need to keep milk cold. It's a preservative. You don't need to refrigerate yogurt. That being said, most yogurt sold in the store has just about as much sugar in at as ice cream. (Which may be closer to the reason why we have so much IBD in the Western diet.)
- tradertef 5y agoHah.. I am from Turkey (Yogurt is a Turkish world) and I grow up eating yogurt very regularly. I am living in states but my wife regularly makes yogurt at home - no sugar :). Though we keep it in the fridge as it would go bad much quickly otherwise. Also, it tastes better when cold. .. Anyways, I am diagnosed with CD a couple of years ago, so I don't believe it is "western diet".
- Rury 5y agoWhile impractical for majority of people, you could just eat meat soon after you kill it.