10-17-2005, 11:17 PM
Changes in Indian Menu Over the Ages
I stumbled upon this link quite accidentally. Its very old issue of Sci-Tech from The Hindu.
The essay is by Dr. D. Balasubramaniam from L.V Prasad Eye institute.
I felt the essay may be relevant here, but my question here is rather political.(so if admins feel its irrelevant here, they may move it where it fits).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->As we move further down to the period of the Ramayana and Mahabharata (probably around 1400 BC, though Valmiki and Vyasa are regarded to have written them around 400 BC), we find a far richer fare. <b>Lords Rama, Lakshmana and Devi Sita ate a vast menu that contained fruits, leafy vegetables, rice and meat</b>. Achaya quotes a book stating that <b>Rama and Lakshmana, while in exile at Dandakaranya, hunted animals for the pot, and that a favourite of Sita was rice cooked with venison, vegetables and spices (the dish called Mamsabhutadana)</b>. Of course, Lord Rama enjoyed eating the fruit ber (zizyphus) that Sabari tasted and gave him.
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The reference given here is
Dr. K.T. Achaya. His books â Indian Food, A Historical Companion, The Food Industries of British India, and A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food (all published by Oxford University Press, India).
Now, my question is Did Rama really ate Venison (Deer meat)? I know it infuriates? but, who is this food scientist K.T. Acharya.
He quotes extensively from historian D.D Kosambi who is a self proclaimed marxist.
bengurion.
I stumbled upon this link quite accidentally. Its very old issue of Sci-Tech from The Hindu.
The essay is by Dr. D. Balasubramaniam from L.V Prasad Eye institute.
I felt the essay may be relevant here, but my question here is rather political.(so if admins feel its irrelevant here, they may move it where it fits).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->As we move further down to the period of the Ramayana and Mahabharata (probably around 1400 BC, though Valmiki and Vyasa are regarded to have written them around 400 BC), we find a far richer fare. <b>Lords Rama, Lakshmana and Devi Sita ate a vast menu that contained fruits, leafy vegetables, rice and meat</b>. Achaya quotes a book stating that <b>Rama and Lakshmana, while in exile at Dandakaranya, hunted animals for the pot, and that a favourite of Sita was rice cooked with venison, vegetables and spices (the dish called Mamsabhutadana)</b>. Of course, Lord Rama enjoyed eating the fruit ber (zizyphus) that Sabari tasted and gave him.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The reference given here is
Dr. K.T. Achaya. His books â Indian Food, A Historical Companion, The Food Industries of British India, and A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food (all published by Oxford University Press, India).
Now, my question is Did Rama really ate Venison (Deer meat)? I know it infuriates? but, who is this food scientist K.T. Acharya.
He quotes extensively from historian D.D Kosambi who is a self proclaimed marxist.
bengurion.