November 7, 2012 Flashcards
Where is chichi produced?
South America, typically Ecuador
What is chichi?
The women created this beverage for their men and it was served in every meal. It is chalky, mildly alcoholic, bumpy and you chew it and spit it into an urn
What is the most appreciated beverage in the world?
wine
What is the root word of cannibalism
carib
Caribs were picky. Which type of people did they prefer eating the most. What did the Dutch and Spaniards taste like?
French and then English; dull tasting and stringy
Which type of people ate their fathers when the died?
Druids
How many people did the Aztecs sacrifice a year?
200K
Who said that foods we like signifies a connection to a group. Permitted foods feed our identity
Martin Buber
Horse meat is more nutritious than cattle. It has _% fat and cattle has _%
5;12
Who wrote the article, “serving up deat in a suburb of hell”? and where is the suburb of hell?
Steven Horowitz; City of Glasgo
Describe the Jains
Jains are a subset of Buddhism. they strongly believed in reincarnation and who you become is dependent on how well you respect living organisms, which means they had a very strict diet
If you lose your sense of taste, how much people lose their interest in sex
a quarter
Avocado comes from which word and what does it mean?
The Aztec word ahuacatl, means testicle
