Re:Eating for Peace: How cuisine bridges cultures
by tathougies on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:51PM
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Some religions consider root vegetables like onions not okay to eat, because harvesting an onion involves killing the whole plant. 'Really holy' men and women might avoid any root vegetable to further their spiritual development.
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Re:Eating for Peace: How cuisine bridges cultures
by Mediterraneo10 on Saturday July 07, 2018 @08:25AM
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"Some religions consider root vegetables like onions not okay to eat, because harvesting an onion involves killing the whole plant."
That is only one explanation for the taboo. In certain Indian and Nepalese religious strains, it is said that the devout cannot eat onions (or garlic) because of a folk belief that these vegetables encourage lasciviousness.