Starting in the third century BCE, people began questioning the ways of sacrificial religions and feasts and began developing universal religions, or religions of salvation. Many religions still held on to some sacrificial practices for some time though. We know that in the Christian bible, Jesus came to earth to sacrifice himself for all people and to eliminate the need for other sacrificial practices. However, Christians still remember this sacrifice by symbolically eating the body and drinking the blood of Christ.
Regardless, with the adoption of these new religions, a new culinary history was under way in which religions adopted specific cuisines for their followers. Monks often would fast or take whatever was offered to them in their begging bowls but a more intricate cuisine was developed for higher institutions. One of the earliest Buddhist cuisines involved steamed or boiled rice, sugar, ghee, and shunned alcohol and meat. Meals that required this restraint were considered high cuisine.
Source:
Laudan, Rachel. Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History. , 2013. Internet resource.
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Interesting. I knew about the fasting and the high cuisine is new to me. You learn somthing new every day.
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The idea of begging can be viewed negativity in some cultures, but to Buddhism it is seen as a norm and not shameful. I think you did a good job at explaining that!
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Great job!
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Oh, and I wonder what specific foods Buddhists ate.
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Very interesting. Culinary arts always intrigued me, and it is always interesting to know what foods are “banned” from certain religions. I only knew that the Jewish faith restricted pork in their diets, but nothing about what Buddhists followed. Cool find!
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