Food taboo
and drink are those food, drink and beverage which people abstain consuming for
religious cultural or hygienic reason or prohibition. Many food taboos forbid
the meat of a particular animal including mammals, rodents, reptile amphibians’
bony fish mollusc and crustaceans. Some taboos are specific to a particular or
excretion of an animal, while other taboos forgo the consumption of plants
fungi or insects.
and drink are those food, drink and beverage which people abstain consuming for
religious cultural or hygienic reason or prohibition. Many food taboos forbid
the meat of a particular animal including mammals, rodents, reptile amphibians’
bony fish mollusc and crustaceans. Some taboos are specific to a particular or
excretion of an animal, while other taboos forgo the consumption of plants
fungi or insects.
Some
Reasons
Reasons
1.) In others, they are a result of human
symbolic system.
symbolic system.
2.) Some food may be prohibited during
certain religious period e.g lent at certain stage of life e.g pregnancy or
certain classes of people e.g priest although the food is in general
permissible.
certain religious period e.g lent at certain stage of life e.g pregnancy or
certain classes of people e.g priest although the food is in general
permissible.
Causes
Various
religious forbid the consumption of certain types of food. For example Judaism
prescribes a strict set of rules called kashurt, regarding what may and may not
be eaten. Islam has similar laws dividing food into haraam (forbidden) and
halal (permitted) Jains often follow religious directive to observe.
Vegetarianism (hunduism) has no specific proscription against eating meat but
some hundus apply the concept of ahimsa (non violence) to their diet and
consider vegetarians as ideal and practice form of vegetarianism.
religious forbid the consumption of certain types of food. For example Judaism
prescribes a strict set of rules called kashurt, regarding what may and may not
be eaten. Islam has similar laws dividing food into haraam (forbidden) and
halal (permitted) Jains often follow religious directive to observe.
Vegetarianism (hunduism) has no specific proscription against eating meat but
some hundus apply the concept of ahimsa (non violence) to their diet and
consider vegetarians as ideal and practice form of vegetarianism.
3.) In some cases the process of preparation
rather than the food itself was under scrutiny for instance in early medieval
Christianity certain uncooked foods were of dubious status a penitent ascribed
to bade outlined a mild penance for those who eat uncooked foods and saint
Boniface wrote pope 2
rather than the food itself was under scrutiny for instance in early medieval
Christianity certain uncooked foods were of dubious status a penitent ascribed
to bade outlined a mild penance for those who eat uncooked foods and saint
Boniface wrote pope 2
Types
of Taboo
of Taboo
Judaism
prescribed a strict set of rules called (kashrut) regarding to what may and may
not be eaten.
prescribed a strict set of rules called (kashrut) regarding to what may and may
not be eaten.
Types
of Food Taboo
of Food Taboo
Mammals
Rodents
Reptiles
Amphibians
Bony fish
Mullusks
Crustaceans
Some taboos
are specific to a particular animal while other taboos forgo the consumption of
plants fungi or insects.
are specific to a particular animal while other taboos forgo the consumption of
plants fungi or insects.
Reason
or Consequence
or Consequence
1.) In other they are a result of human.
2.) Some food may be prohibited during
certain religious period e.g lent
certain religious period e.g lent
