Do you know the power and culture behind food? Food actually changes humans all the time

Do you know what were the earliest domesticated animals by humans?

Do you know the power and culture behind food?

A recent book called How Food Changed Our Human and Global History is a very interesting book. What he said is that behind the food, the organizational changes of human society are actually the search for meaning in the human spiritual world, in fact, the competition between the modern industrial structure and the market.

By reading this book, you will have more understanding of vegetarianism and fast food culture.

For example, he said that the reason why vegetarian food is taken out is not that vegetarian food is more nutritious, and all the words "vegetarian food is more nutritious than meat" are false.

The main reason is that vegetarianism is, in a way, a contemporary religion.

For example, he said, guess what were the earliest domesticated animals by humans?

We think it is dogs, pigs, cattle, sheep, but in fact, it is not, human beings first domesticated animals, are snails.

This is because, in both the gathering age and the hunting age, snails were the easiest animals to domesticate. In the course of human archaeology, underneath the skeletons of the early layers of food, the layer below is a large number of snail shells.

For example, he also said that in the process of hunting, indiscriminate hunting and indiscriminate hunting is a norm, because this is the dilemma of public property rights.

It's not said in this book, but it's actually very similar to economics, because these things are unowned, so if I don't catch them, someone else will catch them. When everyone goes hunting, it causes the extinction of many species, creating a situation that is unsustainable.

This may also be one of the reasons why humans gradually changed from hunting to nomadic later.

Hunting is catching what kills what, while nomadism is when you chase a herd of reindeer all the way. At first it was hunting, then you had to protect the beasts, and you had to take care of your wealth. This is the process of evolution of hunting objects gradually as their own property.

Finally, he said that there is actually a lot of etiquette behind food, a lot of social interaction, and a lot of human meaning.

Microwave oven, Subway, Burger King, what is the biggest problem? It is it that undermines the importance of eating in human cultural exchange.

If you think about it, this is really the case, because it is a modern and strong country, the shorter the time to eat, the less communication during meals, and the simpler it is to eat.

And the more traditional the society, the more often the more rituals are eaten, as if some places in our country, special emphasis on table manners, especially emphasis on the feeling of everyone getting together to eat, and eating in many economically developed areas, really become a simple activity for everyone to fill their stomachs.

So he finally said that there is a market, there is capital, there is profit, and there is a human struggle for the rights behind food.

It's really fun for everyone to read this book.