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Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: March 26, 2024, 05:49:10 pm »

This appears to be mainly a Western phenomenon:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday

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Let's start with a quick lesson in theology: According to Christian teaching, Jesus died on a Friday, and his death redeemed a sinful world. People have written of fasting on Friday to commemorate this sacrifice as early as the first century.

Technically, it's the flesh of warmblooded animals that's off limits — an animal "that, in a sense, sacrificed its life for us, if you will," explains Michael Foley, an associate professor at Baylor University and author of Why Do Catholics Eat Fish On Friday?

Fish are coldblooded, so they're considered fair game. "If you were inclined to eat a reptile on Friday," Foley tells The Salt, "you could do that, too."

Alas, Christendom never really developed a hankering for snake. But fish — well, they'd been associated with sacred holidays even in pre-Christian times. And as the number of meatless days piled up on the medieval Christian calendar — not just Fridays but Wednesdays and Saturdays, Advent and Lent, and other holy days — the hunger for fish grew. Indeed, fish fasting days became central to the growth of the global fishing industry.
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The Vikings were ace at preserving cod — they "used dried and salted cod as a form of beef jerky on their ocean passages," Fagan says. And the route the Vikings took at the end of the first millennium — Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland — matches up with the natural range of the Atlantic cod.

It's possible that others may have followed the cod trail to Canada before Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Clues suggest that English fishermen from Bristol may have made the voyage by around 1480 but kept mum on the location lest the competition rush in. By some accounts, both Columbus and John Cabot had heard of these adventures when they set off on their own epic journeys west.

As I keep saying, every element of Western civilization sooner or later ends up assisting some other element of Western civilization.

Also from your link:

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cold cuts, sausages, salamis, mortadelas, ham... This is also something that people exclude from their imaginary of meat. It's pretty common to ask for some baked goods and ask for an option without meat and people respond "there's no meat, we have only cheese and ham".

Again, how often do you imagine this happening in non-Western countries?
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: March 23, 2024, 02:51:54 pm »

Posted by: rp
« on: March 23, 2024, 10:38:35 am »

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegetarian/comments/1r8vw9/being_a_vegetarian_in_the_south_vs_being_a/

ROTFLOL at the comments talking about how subhuman these Westerners are, adding meat to even the most simplest of dishes like beans and legumes. Note how many of them also mention how the servers would try to sneak in meat in order to "make a point". And also note how many of those subhumans would ridicule the customers for even asking for vegetarian options.

I'll just leave it with this tweet:
https://twitter.com/vakyas001/status/1759643106100523203?t=iVJAJfeoFhazBMxIjbCZXw&s=19
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grew up in the Bay Area and never felt this sort of bellyaching from these mlecchas. the so-called "rural" aka dunghole america really does need to be scorched and civilized by Aryas. lol

I agree. Even Southern states such as Texas are improving due to demographic blueshift. The real problem are these rural Midwestern states. We need lebensraum over those shitholes ASAP. Total rightoid death.
Posted by: rp
« on: March 21, 2024, 10:03:20 pm »

There are some False Leftists who make fun of American food for being too "bland". I'll admit, I also dislike food that is too bland. But now looking back, I think gustatory preference for food that is mild in spices represents a less adulterated state of mind. When I was a child, I used to only like "bland" food such as rice with cooked lentils (pigeon peas), with steamed vegetables on the side (e.g. green beans), and my favorite: finger millet porridge. It wasn't until I grew older that I got accustomed to more spicy/flavorful (except salt, which I always liked) forms of food (e.g. vegetable curries, flavored vegetable stew, etc).

Now that I am living on my own, I am thinking of making those "bland" dishes again. They also involve less work in preparation (and hence are more simple)  and also require less ingredients (and hence involve less violence to plants) but seem just as nutritious. And eating those dishes will perhaps restore more of my original nobility.

This is perhaps why some Hindu religious teachings recommend a more mild (satvik) form of food, so as to not induce excessive sensory stimulation.
Posted by: rp
« on: March 01, 2024, 11:02:41 pm »

This is the same reason why I avoid eating at restaurants that serve both veg and non-veg food without using separate preparation utensils.
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: March 01, 2024, 08:55:30 pm »

I distrust vegan food that tastes like meat because it opens the possibility for real meat to be served up claiming to be vegan food.
Posted by: rp
« on: March 01, 2024, 08:14:43 pm »

Posted by: rp
« on: February 10, 2024, 08:23:58 am »

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/ayodhya-ready-to-welcome-kfc-near-ram-temple-with-a-unique-menu/articleshow/107515021.cms

Incredible that a chain whose very name is based on meat is now being required to change its menu. On another note, I think Americans can learn from Indians how non-vegan American dishes can be made vegan/vegetarian (e.g. veggie burgers, veggie pizza, etc.)
Posted by: rp
« on: February 01, 2024, 09:08:47 am »

https://twitter.com/Sapratha/status/1729557364624216516/photo/1
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Er. Shailesh Bharadwaj
@Sapratha
From rhyme book taught to nursery kids in Shanghai: teaching people to avoid beef & describing how hard cattle work for the welfare of Mankind:

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CC Corn
@CC_Cornetto

Posted by: acc9
« on: October 22, 2023, 07:55:02 am »

From a dialogue between two female presenters on a radio program, it came to my knowledge that these days, it is quite common for people to fly to various destinations around the world just to enjoy a meal in a famous or exotic restaurant. These two were talking about flying to Florence, Italy simply to taste of a certain special steak in one high-end steak house there that only serves steaks 'rare', which is contrary to the norm when diners are asked how well-done they would like their steak done to suit their taste.
If such a restaurant were to be in Hong Kong or mainland China, I'm quite sure these two presenters would be rebuking this restaurant for being so unprofessional. As it is, due to the restaurant being in Europe, the restaurant was praised for being ultra professional in dictating the way the steak should be served, even it means having no respect for the diner's own preference.

That's how pathetic some people are in Hong Kong - those Western-centric yellow-ites!
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: September 28, 2023, 07:36:19 pm »

While more and more people every year are facing starvation due to global warming, here is an example of Turanian fragility:

https://barenakedislam.com/2023/09/27/swedish-senior-citizens-in-nursing-homes-no-longer-can-have-milk-with-their-porridge-because-all-the-money-is-going-to-accommodate-muslim-invaders-many-illegal/

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Elderly residents at a dementia home in Sweden are being served porridge without milk for breakfast due to a lack of funds'



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Persson expressed her sadness at the situation and explained that many residents were becoming dissatisfied with the meals on offer, particularly towards the end of the month when finances are stretched, but did note that those who do not wish to partake in a milk-free porridge breakfast are able to opt for sandwiches instead.

That this even makes the news is ridiculous enough, but the inclusion of the 'sad' pictures takes it beyond parody.....

(My own breakfast porridge (no milk of course) is much thinner (ie. larger proportion of water) than the versions shown in the pictures: I don't even need a spoon for it! And I am grateful for it.)
Posted by: SirGalahad
« on: September 02, 2023, 03:11:27 pm »

Now we just need to convince more people on our side of the political spectrum to stop saying things like “There’s nothing more manly than a vegan man who cares for animals. Men obsessed with eating meat are just insecure!”
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: September 02, 2023, 03:00:01 pm »

The article:

https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/50-of-us-beef-is-eaten-by-just-12-of-americans-mostly-men-study/

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“On average, teenage boys consume more meat, poultry and eggs than is recommended in the [Dietary Guidelines for Americans]. For adult men, the distance from the recommendations is even greater,” the study authors wrote.

“This may be because meat, especially red meat, is associated with masculinity, strength and power in Western culture,” they added.
Posted by: rp
« on: September 02, 2023, 01:44:52 pm »


Leaving aside the fact that the 12% should not be called "Americans":
https://homework.study.com/explanation/are-cattle-native-to-north-america.html#:~:text=Cattle%20are%20not%20native%20to,until%20being%20introduced%20by%20Europeans.

They should be prevented from reproducing.