All those questions I posted to the blog earlier in the week? Use them to continue/create conversations sparked by class and the reading. Please post responses and answers to the questions even before class meets.
For instance, last week we talked about our food habits. Today we talked about food taboos. What are yours?
And, since it's so good (and we definitely didn't get near it today): Is meat feminine or masculine? (You'll need to back up your answer with a reasoned theory.)
Go to town folks--can't wait to hear what you've got to say on the matter....
It is ON!
Welch's for Pesah? " Welch's Teams With Manischewitz in Battle Over Kosher Grape Juice " (NPR, 10/10/17)
3 comments:
Based on what we've talked about, I don't think we can easily classify all meats as either masculine or feminine. Some of this is dependent on cultural differences (perhaps there are cultures where only the women eat the meat?). However, I would contend that in 'Merica, BEEF is distinctly masculine. Two pieces of evidence:
http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/rancherrecipes.aspx
Notice how men are on every cover of these recipes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VvvAp-2v4o
The narrator's voice is distinctly male. Further, while there are women in the commercial, they are all serving it to MEN.
"The association of milk and hence dairy, and femalesness is perhaps natural in any culture... the Association of meat and maleness will derive from the fact that meat was a relatively rare food, consumed primarily on special, public occasions... Men (priests) slaughtered the animals and men (priests) were qualified to eat greater portions of the sacrificed animals... as an occasional, festive food, meat will have been more associated with men than women..."
- Kraemer pp. 48-49
An interesting food and women factoid:
"The Inupiat of the Arctic regard the internal organs of the captured whale (the staple food) as the part that should be cut up and processed by women. The important part is the heart, for the Inupiat in thinking 'the woman catches the whale.' This is because the men's success in hunting depends on the goodness and spiritual power of their wives."
Young, Serinity. "Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion." pp. 346
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