Traditional Use and Avoidance of Foods of Animal Origin: A Culture Historical View

摘要: Human groups around the world consume flesh of only a limited number edible animal species available to them locally. There is, for example, report (Lee 1969) that !Kung Bushmen Dobe in Botswana, group depending on hunting and gathering their livelihood, regularly hunt food 10 54 local wild they consider edible. In more advanced economic systems, despite elaborate supply networks, used may be little greater, if at all. Consider, whose is sold with any regularity average American supermarket. One can explain Americans' failure use broader range partly terms. The cost collecting, processing, distributing some types unused would too high even there were large public demand. However, also are factors do not fit neatly into realm economics but involve lack knowledge or reluctance eat strange (the "neophobia," aversion new things, so well documented by Paul Rozin [1976]) entail prejudice varying degrees strength. For snails overrun California gardens could obtained effort marketed moderate cost. Though these (Helix aspersa) eaten Europe, rarely collected here. admittedly, deterrent possible snail