If I don't write these things down they will not happen ( Read more... )

"There is a devil in every berry of the grape."

This is a wonderful quotation or proverb, but where does it come from? If you rely on a quick search of the internet, the loud and clear answer is "The Koran." (Or the Quran or Qu'ran, but most of the time, "The Koran ( Read more... )

I don't wish to reignite the horse-slaughter discussion/imbroglio, but a new lj friend provided some cultural context, as to why we Anglo-derived cultures don't eat horses, and some other cultures do.

Marvin Harris analyzes why some European cultures eat horses and others find it disgusting/uncouth/psychologically upsetting in one chapter of Good ( Read more... )