Natural History magazine used to have a column each month on the anthropology of food-- Food, is such a basic part of life-- and people every where have the same problems-- how do you make cheap, available food interesting to children-- and also-- how do you speed up prep time. (mother are the same everywhere, and don't want to spend hours in the "kitchen"-- even if the kitchen is an open flame with a crude grill!.

Like language, we learn what food is edible at our mother knee's before the age of five -- and food has a power ability to evoke emotion. It is a basic element of life-- and every where, themes are repeated--
think of a blintz, or an egg roll, or a burito, or crepe, -- or cannolli or manicotti-- the same sort of "solution"-- simple available ingredients-- all rolled up--

Of course, i could be wrong about this-- but does any one else see the comparision? basic elements (words or cheese) formed into sentence (with grammer rules) or basic foods, formed into the same shapes for eating? (also following some basic rules!)


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