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Hi Christy, I like your insights. Especially mentioning the white
bread and white rice as a status symbol. It seems strange that
something which is deleterious to health would become a status symbol,
doesn't it? I guess it comes down to: if it doesn't work, the being
in question will not survive long enough to pass on their genes.
Jana
"C. ten Broeke" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> So eating cooked food might be a sign of distincting your self from the
> "others" which is something humankind has been trying ever since we got
> out of the trees (my opinion, not proven scientifically). The way we
> dress, speak, adorn ourselves, it is all a cultural signal saying, This
> is my identity. So why not when it comes to food?
> I've seen women squarrel over the right way to bake an applepie or what
> should be in couscous...
> White bread was considered a luxury only rich people could afford so
> seen as a statussymbol. The same goes for white rice which caused a
> wave of beri-beri in Japan early 20th century (is the date correct
> fellowlister who lives in Japan?).
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