Abstract
WHAT WE EAT, WHAT OTHERS DO?
The fact that foods and eating habits differ from country to country has created significant problems. Despite globalization, these problems have not completely disappeared. Until recently, food choices were determined by geography, religious prescriptions, beliefs and customs. Those who migrated to another country or otherwise changed their habitat eventually had to change their eating habits as well. In the past, people generally regarded the food of their own ethnic or religious group as tasting good and as good for them, while that of others (strangers or enemies) as disgusting and bad for them. In this article, I cite examples of such food prejudices drawn from old texts. I also discuss some of the terms that occur in these texts and offer some emendations to misreadings.
Keywords
Ancient texts, Ottoman table, food names
