More on eating death.

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" In places in Africa people eat fish wrapped in banana leaf whose acidity

dissolves the fish bones and thereby makes the calcium in them available; the

French practice of cooking fish with sorrel has the same effect. Putrified

food... eaten in numerous societies ... enhances the nutritive value ...

since the bacteria that cause putrefaction manufacture such vitamins as B1. "

 

Peter Fard and George Armelagos - " Consuming Passions " .

 

 

they also talk about the value of spices in certain diets around the world,

depending on the environmental demands upon the body.

" Ethiopian Chow, consisting primarily of chili, but containing up to fifteen

other spices, has been shown to inhibit almost completely staphylococcus,

salmonella, and other microorganisms. Hot peppers contain high amounts of

beta carotene (converted by the body into Vitamin A), which has antioxidant

cancer-fighting properties, as well as capsaicin, which makes one sweat,

lowering the body temperature.

 

neal.