On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 6:17:28 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 4:59:28 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > > A guy from a hundred years or more ago would probably plotz if he could get his
> > > hands on a Happy Meal or a Hot Pocket.
> >
> > Well, yeah. We're genetically programmed to prefer fat and sugar.
> >
> > > The reality is that foods in the era before refrigeration, preservatives, and
> > > modern processing, were more dangerous - the Jews and Muslims knew this and
> > > made certain foods and practices taboo.
> >
> > Although it's a happy coincidence that Kashrut and Halal regulations
> > make food somewhat safer (and may have actually developed through trial
> > and error--mainly error), their main result was to differentiate who
> > was in the tribe and who was out of the tribe. Many of the taboos
> > in Kashrut have nothing to do with food safety. For example, eels are
> > no more or less safe than carp, yet because they have no discernible
> > fins or scales, are forbidden.
>
> Humans behave idiotically at the intersection of food and religion.

Humans behave idiotically at the intersection of everything and religion.
Still, some of us seem to need it.

Cindy Hamilton