The sacrificial feast? A nice little sideline for the priests?
To what extent do you think that whole sacrifice thing was just nice little sideline for keeping the priests well fed? And, by extension, their flock, once the priests had…
Read moreWilling to Kill? Or at Least to Watch the Killing?
Should you be willing to kill what you eat? Is this a precondition for eating meat? Monica Eng doesn’t just ruminate about this but actually turns up to watch cattle,…
Read moreGlobal Migration of Dishes and Recipes IV
Here I’m continuing to muse on Richard Fletcher’s thought-provoking list of questions for an informal agenda for understanding conversion in The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity. I find his…
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