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Re:Fish Bad, Sugar Good and Other Medieval Ideas About Food by aqme28 on Thursday September 03, 2026 @07:26AM (#49548629)
It's interesting how some of these came to the right conclusions (given sanitary standards at the time) but for entirely the wrong reasons. A lot of the food that was unhealthy was food that could go bad quickly or carry illnesses
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Re:Fish Bad, Sugar Good and Other Medieval Ideas About Food by maxerickson on Thursday September 03, 2026 @07:29AM (#49548651)
If you recognize something is bad but lack the knowledge to explain it, it isn't completely crazy to invent a taboo against it.
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