ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cud, Gluten, Book Of Deuteronomy
28 Nov 2016
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Food taboos: abstaining from specific foods/beverages for religious, cultural, legal or other social prohibitions. Distinct from health-based aversions (i. e. gluten, lactose, etc) Most western countries (canada animal cruelty") Forbidden in islamic and jewish laws carnivores. Beef is taboo - respect for the cow (source/symbol of life) Dairy products revered and used in ritual ceremonies. Some chinese also refrain because of use in agriculture. And the pig, because it has a split hoof, but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You shall neither eat of their flesh nor touch their carcass (deuteronomy 14:8) Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on what hath been invoked the name of other than allah (al-qu"ran 5:3) Members of both faiths do not eat carnivores. Women not allowed bananas, or red coloured fruit. No one should eat food cooked by a menstruating woman. Interpreting pork taboos in relation to health
