when we contemplate the enjoyment of insect foods by non-westerners, the extremelack of animal proteins and fats in the diet of the preindustrial peasant population must be kept in mind.

(a) the people of southeast asia rivaled the chinese in theirintense insect-eating foodways. laotians, vietnamese, and thais all seemto have gone in for giant water bugs. in addition, the laotians even ate fried cockroach eggs.

(b) the farmers in the nineteenth century in northern china, for example, ate sweet potatoes all through the year with small amounts of salted turnips and pickled beans. for these farmers, cockroaches and water bugs were luxuries.

(c) an anthropologist gave a more detailed account of laotian foodways. they ate insects not only to ward offstarvation but to enjoy the taste. there is nocontradiction here: people might very well be expected to acquire a taste for something that wards off starvation.bac인데요..
for these farmers, cockroaches and water bugs were luxuries.
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