Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-04
CONDEMNED AS FOOD
NEARLY EVERYTHING WORTH EAT
ING HAS SEEN UNDER 4 BAN.

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ne present iipie There mas been hot
only iofoiddeh truit. but forbidden
n'eats anu vegetables OF one rea'
son VI hhothef people nave resolutely
tiuseu l" ear an! ana all Kinds or
nesh hsh. fo"i. fiiiits anu plants
mus ihe apple. Tie pear. Tie strh wDer-
~ Tue ounce TIE Dehh. me onion. tho
'eeh' 'ht asparagus. lhe wo"upecket
Tue pigeon lhe goose. HE deer. the bear
Tie turtle ANA the eel-ihese. 10 name
ohi! rev ehthoies. nave been avoid
t" aS II uhWnoieSoiht or positively Ia.
Jurlous 10 health ana digestion.
As we all Know. The Jews have long
nau hereditary nhtlpathy to pork. On
the other hand. SWINE nesl MAS high
~ esteemed 10y The ancient Greeks aud
ROMANS. TINS fact IL revealed by the
many references 10 pig rs dainty bit
or food. Al the great festival held an.
hunlly IN honor Of l'emeter roast pig
was The piece dc resistance III the bill
or fare because Tire pig WAS the sacred
animal VI Demcicr Aristuphanes In
The Frogs makes OH. Of The char
actcrs hint that some Of tie others
VI IbiSt lbE. ut'St ull.
douhledly had been al tile festival.
known as the 1hesmophoria. and he'd
eaten freely OF roast pig Those who
took purt In another Greek mystery or
festival. known rs the Eleusinia. ub.
stained from certain food and. above
all. from beans
Again. as we all know. mice are es.
teemed IN China and In some uarts ar
India but the ancient Epyutisns
Greeks and Jews ublorrcd mice nnJ
would not touch mouse meat. Knts and
field mice were sacred in old Epvpt
aud were not to h, eaten on this me-.
count So too. Ia some parts of Greece
the mouse WAS the. sacred auimuI or
Apollo. and mice were ted Ia his tenn.
pies. The chosen peopl. were forbid.
den to ent The weasel and the mouse
and the tortoise after his kind" These
came under the designation OF unclean
But people have abstained from ent.
ing kinds of hesh which could moi be
called uncJeun. For exampIe the ueople
OF Thehps. MS Herodotus tells MS nh.
stained from sheen. What is the mat
ter with mutton chops: Then. the mn.
clients used to abstain from certain
vegetables Indeed the tonnus sheer
ed at those Epyntiuus who did NOT dare
10 cal onions. leeks or garlic md vet
tile Romans themselves were supersti.
tious about what they nte or what they
should avoid eating
LII his Roman Questions" Flutarch
asks. why do The l.atius abstain
strictly from the fesA or the woodpeck-
err In order 10 answer Plutarch's
question correctly II Is necessary to
nave some IDEA or TIE peculiar custom
anu beliuI called toteililsih. there Is
surge oI SCORER! III WHICH people Chilli
ueScehl from hhu ktnshlp WIFI peasts.
pirus' Negetaoies an" other opJects'
LIS opJec'' WHICH 's toteui' vi
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family uam,. IL Wolf may marry n wo.
mun who's. family name is MISC Wolf
In , GENERAL way II Iuay b.. said that
slmost mn our food prohibitions suriuy
from the extraordinary custom gen
| emily called lotemism. MIR Swan. who
| WAS n missionary for ninuy wears I'm
| the Kou2o Free STATE. thus describes
the custom: II / were io ask the Ycke
people why they do not eat zebra flesh
they would reply. "chiiiia"- e.. III il
IA Thing 10 which we have nm nntipa.
thy." or better. 1T is one OF the Things
| which our fathers taught MS nut to cat e
SO IL seems the word "bashllang''