HIS 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Trichinella Spiralis, Book Of Leviticus, Blook
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Oct 8 his 012 food and history lecture notes. Pig and young human molars are nearly identical. Lamb and beef were the meat of the aristocracy. Adaptation favored bold, but not aggressive boars. Newly domesticated european pigs, replaced the domesticated near eastern pigs. Near eastern cities had minimal sanitation services. Sources of the kosher and halel ban on pork. Both religions forbid the consumption of carrion because of blook coagulating in the veins. But the ban on pork became important only much latter when greeks and romans ruled the ancient jews. European wild boar predated arrival of domesticated pig from near east. Preference for vegetarian animals as source of meat. Pig also eat human and carrion: why jews and muslims reject pork. Trichinella spiralis: no evidence that it existed in ancient palestine. 20 cases per year in the us today. Ritual reinforces memory and history: most food rituals precede meals.
