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That's a great point - i'll give you that. But their grandmothers probably baulked at that too? :) Taking this further, cooking IS processing food, nuts (ie.
by an_aparallel 4y ago
That's a great point - i'll give you that. But their grandmothers probably baulked at that too? :)
Taking this further, cooking IS processing food, nuts (ie. cashews) require curing before eating else being poisonous.
Where [i]should[/i] one stop with this idea?
- akiselev 4y ago> But their grandmothers probably baulked at that too? I don’t think it’s a very big leap from mortadella (circa 14th century) or bologna sausage (some centuries later) to vienna sausages. Abundant fresh meat and vegetables are a very recent development thanks to refrigerated transportation. The poor and middle class only ate fresh food during harvest time, most of the rest was either dry or processed.
- basch 4y agoprocessing isnt a binary but a spectrum. The harnessing of fire made humans the universal predator, that could denature poison and kill bacteria. Salt and Acid as preservatives fall into similar categories. This is processing that has been around as long as or longer than modern humans. Human's wouldn't be humans without fire, salt, and acid. Conversely, pea protein isolate, spun into meat with 30 other isolated substances isnt really "food" in any historical or traditional sense. Somewhere in-between lies things like fermentation. It's up to you to draw a line somewhere, or forget about lines and eat anything.