Comments on: Q&A with @PorkAdventurer aka Abdullah Saeed http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: deepak http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-274201 deepak Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:15:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-274201 <p>the consumption of pork and the use of its melted fat has been common in India and abroad since eons. i have read porky pig comics and watched its cartoon films but never found it filthy. Food is Food when properly cleaned and cooked, which provides nutrition and promotes health(mental and physical).</p> the consumption of pork and the use of its melted fat has been common in India and abroad since eons. i have read porky pig comics and watched its cartoon films but never found it filthy. Food is Food when properly cleaned and cooked, which provides nutrition and promotes health(mental and physical).

]]> By: Ena http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268299 Ena Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:40:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268299 <p>To add to Kola Nut Techie: Although it's great that India is the country with the highest amount of vegetarians (25%) which is the highest worldwide....let's not forget how many of those are lazy vegetarians. Meaning because they don't get nutrients from animals, they make up for it by consuming high amounts of dairy and sugar.<b> India and Indians living abroad have the highest rates of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, with a current figure of 50.8 million, than any other ethnicity in the world. Shameful. India also consumes the highest amount of dairy in the entire world....scary figures since 1 in 3 adults ARE lactose intolerant</b> and many don't even know it. Solution: Go vegan.</p> <p>Some Sepia Mutiny coverage would be great.</p> To add to Kola Nut Techie: Although it’s great that India is the country with the highest amount of vegetarians (25%) which is the highest worldwide….let’s not forget how many of those are lazy vegetarians. Meaning because they don’t get nutrients from animals, they make up for it by consuming high amounts of dairy and sugar. India and Indians living abroad have the highest rates of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, with a current figure of 50.8 million, than any other ethnicity in the world. Shameful. India also consumes the highest amount of dairy in the entire world….scary figures since 1 in 3 adults ARE lactose intolerant and many don’t even know it. Solution: Go vegan.

Some Sepia Mutiny coverage would be great.

]]> By: KolaNutTechie http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268288 KolaNutTechie Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:47:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268288 <p>Eating red meat is a risk factor for developing pre-diabetes, diabetes and heart disease. There are other alternate sources of protein, vegetarian as well as eggs and sea-food, which has overall comely health affects. In a way, being culturally conditioned to avoid red-meats is a gift for desis. Our arteries are narrower on average than Caucasians and we are a red category for heart disease (further proof we are not brown Caucasians?) Thankfully, eating meat is more of a Sunday habit in most of India, and then its mostly chicken.</p> Eating red meat is a risk factor for developing pre-diabetes, diabetes and heart disease. There are other alternate sources of protein, vegetarian as well as eggs and sea-food, which has overall comely health affects. In a way, being culturally conditioned to avoid red-meats is a gift for desis. Our arteries are narrower on average than Caucasians and we are a red category for heart disease (further proof we are not brown Caucasians?) Thankfully, eating meat is more of a Sunday habit in most of India, and then its mostly chicken.

]]> By: jyotsana http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268184 jyotsana Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:17:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268184 <p>For those of you who crib about the lack of vegetarian food reportage, have you forgotten our resident <b><i>Satvik Diva (Devi)</i></b> Anna, and her admirer and aspiring returnee to vegetarianism, yours truly :-)? Anna I am going to buy you a very nice vegetarian lunch. Some day I will! And then we will write about it here</p> For those of you who crib about the lack of vegetarian food reportage, have you forgotten our resident Satvik Diva (Devi) Anna, and her admirer and aspiring returnee to vegetarianism, yours truly :-) ? Anna I am going to buy you a very nice vegetarian lunch. Some day I will! And then we will write about it here

]]> By: Began, Vegan Begum http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268127 Began, Vegan Begum Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:54:55 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268127 <blockquote>Thankfully majority Indians are non vegetarians .... </blockquote> <p>Thankfully?</p> <p>More like shamefully.</p> Thankfully majority Indians are non vegetarians ….

Thankfully?

More like shamefully.

]]> By: bipasha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268116 bipasha Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:31:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268116 <p>Razib,</p> <p>the evolutionary explanation of meat taboo is an interesting one. Makes sense in swine since there aren't really any nutritional benefits in its consumption. But years back, I came across this convincing anthropological theory that pig hatred in Abrahamic religions (minus Christianity) stemmed from the fact that pigs in general were ill suited to be reared in the climate and environment of the middle east. Of course, there was a lot more to it than I can remember, but so far it sounds like the best explanation i've ever come across. Also makes sense that one would be much more reluctant to give in to something they've been conditioned to abhor as a child, as opposed to something introduced to them in adulthood. Nonetheless, I think it's so ironic how moderate muslims (or cherry-pickers, as Dawkins coined) take the pork rule more seriously than the alcohol rule, when clearly the denial of alcohol can be way more justified. Alcohol can initiate serious naughtiness and breed violence and addiction, but how does eating swine meat make you any dirtier than eating beef or chicken would (halal of course!).</p> <p>By the way Abdullah, you have to try "feves au lard" - pork n beans in American terminology - with maple syrup. I don't know if the canned stuff tastes as good, but really it's the best shit to indulge in for breakfast. Well anyways, it was for me before I made the grueling discovery that "lard" in french means the same thing as lard in English.</p> Razib,

the evolutionary explanation of meat taboo is an interesting one. Makes sense in swine since there aren’t really any nutritional benefits in its consumption. But years back, I came across this convincing anthropological theory that pig hatred in Abrahamic religions (minus Christianity) stemmed from the fact that pigs in general were ill suited to be reared in the climate and environment of the middle east. Of course, there was a lot more to it than I can remember, but so far it sounds like the best explanation i’ve ever come across. Also makes sense that one would be much more reluctant to give in to something they’ve been conditioned to abhor as a child, as opposed to something introduced to them in adulthood. Nonetheless, I think it’s so ironic how moderate muslims (or cherry-pickers, as Dawkins coined) take the pork rule more seriously than the alcohol rule, when clearly the denial of alcohol can be way more justified. Alcohol can initiate serious naughtiness and breed violence and addiction, but how does eating swine meat make you any dirtier than eating beef or chicken would (halal of course!).

By the way Abdullah, you have to try “feves au lard” – pork n beans in American terminology – with maple syrup. I don’t know if the canned stuff tastes as good, but really it’s the best shit to indulge in for breakfast. Well anyways, it was for me before I made the grueling discovery that “lard” in french means the same thing as lard in English.

]]> By: Prachi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268075 Prachi Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:46:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268075 <p>Delurker, I think it's none of your business where I get my protein.</p> Delurker, I think it’s none of your business where I get my protein.

]]> By: delurker http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268050 delurker Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:56:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268050 <p>Prachi, I think you need some animal protein in your diet.</p> Prachi, I think you need some animal protein in your diet.

]]> By: Ikram http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268049 Ikram Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:10:24 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268049 <p>Bipasha wrote: <i>Although religiously i completely disassociate myself from Islam, consuming pork is something i can't make myself do, and don't think i'll ever be able to<i></p> <p>Razib wrote:</p> <p><i>as i note above i have some bias against pork products. this despite the fact that i haven't identified as muslim since i was 8</i></p> <p>Comical. All these "disassociators" can't get over the pork taboo? I'm not bacon crazy (like chicken feet at Dim Sum, it's only a quasi-meat), but I love a good pork tenderloin. Or an Easter Ham.</p> <p>Now that Abdullah has crossed the pork frontier, he should write a new blog on transgressing other Islamic taboos. Probably too late to discover alcohol or fornication. But there is still one major islamic Taboo that Abdullah probably hasn't violated. And it's a doozy -- directly linked to the Devil.</p> <p>I look forward to reading entries of Abdullah's next blog project "Adventures in Anal Sex: A muslim sleeps on his belly and lets the devil take him". Should prove quite popular.</p> Bipasha wrote: Although religiously i completely disassociate myself from Islam, consuming pork is something i can’t make myself do, and don’t think i’ll ever be able to

Razib wrote:

as i note above i have some bias against pork products. this despite the fact that i haven’t identified as muslim since i was 8

Comical. All these “disassociators” can’t get over the pork taboo? I’m not bacon crazy (like chicken feet at Dim Sum, it’s only a quasi-meat), but I love a good pork tenderloin. Or an Easter Ham.

Now that Abdullah has crossed the pork frontier, he should write a new blog on transgressing other Islamic taboos. Probably too late to discover alcohol or fornication. But there is still one major islamic Taboo that Abdullah probably hasn’t violated. And it’s a doozy — directly linked to the Devil.

I look forward to reading entries of Abdullah’s next blog project “Adventures in Anal Sex: A muslim sleeps on his belly and lets the devil take him”. Should prove quite popular.

]]> By: Selvam http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/07/qa_with_porkadv/comment-page-1/#comment-268047 Selvam Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:48:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6096#comment-268047 <p>Thankfully majority Indians are non vegetarians ....</p> Thankfully majority Indians are non vegetarians ….

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