Sender: |
|
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Date: |
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:39:54 -0600 |
Content-type: |
text/plain; charset=us-ascii |
MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
Reply-To: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Jim > But "edible" raw means to me that it's a PREFERRED food source raw
rather than a starvation item, that as a pre-neolithic person you'd choose
to put it on your table along with your game meat, wild berries, and such.
Todd > Well, this would tend to eliminate greens and herbs from the menu.
Maybe so. Like fruit, greens and herbs were seasonal items at best.
Todd > For obvious reasons, paleo people would prefer calorically dense
foods, since the energy yield compared to the energy needed to get them is
greater.
While that's a good general rule, you're assuming scarcity which was not
common. There was generally a great abundance of food available. Scarcity
was increased exponentially by the neolithic revolution and its consequent
population explosions.
|
|
|