Neandethals were rendering fat

(Bob M) #1

Interesting article about Neanderthals rendering fat and preparing meat from animals:

Fits with my bias that we as a species preferred animals over vegetables or fruits.

(Joey) #2

This goes way back. Even (as late as) in biblical times, Cain was a farmer and Abel was a shepherd. The vegetarian offerings were considered unimpressive compared to the choice meats - at least according to the ultimate food critic Himself.

And thus, brutal animosity between vegans and carnivores began.

(Bob M) #3

Also, I remember reading The Three Musketeers, and one of them goes off to become a priest of some sort. He is so happy when the other two come to get him, because he was eating vegetarian fare, and he could go back to eating meat. When I was younger, that went right past me. But being older and hearing what they ate, they ate a lot of meat according to the story.

I think it was also a book about the Plantagenets, the “first” real kings and queens of England, where the author detailed what they were eating. A lot of meat, and they used the entire animal.