Michael Audette wrote:
> But Todd, Hunter-Gatherers wouldn't be able to find ether species of plant.
> Both are modern hybrids.

Neither would a paleolithic hunter-gatherer be able to eat beef as it exists
today. A supermarket steak, even from a locally-grown, range-fed cow is as
much a modern oddity as are snow peas.

I think Todd's question highlights an important problem. Neanderthin
emphasizes that you select foods only by considering whether you can obtain
and consume them without the use of technology. Virtually everthing we can
get at the supermarket is the result of agricultural technology (selective
breeding, hybridization, etc.). So, how to select foods? Snow peas are out,
though I haven't heard of them being indicted as causing widespread chronic
disease. Beef is in, despite being associated with a variety of cancers
and chronic diseases.

I think future editions of Neanderthin should include a few more guidelines.
>
> > Ray Audette wrote:
> > > > BTW, are green peas and snow peas considered Paleo?
> > >
> > > Both are legumes (beans) and thus are not kosher for orthodox
> > > paleo-dieters.
> >
> > But Ray, hunter-gatherers would know and care nothing about this
> > botanical fact.  What would matter to them is that these, and a
> > few other immature beans, could be gathered and eaten raw.  Since
> > that, and not botanical classification, is the fundamental
> > premise of Neanderthing, why aren't they kosher?