Morgan writes that in many cultures, fish have traditionally been used to supplement protein, and that meat is overwhelmingly preferred. This reminds me of Louisa Waugh's excellent memoir, Hearing Birds Fly, which chronicles a year she spent in an impoverished village in Western Mongolia (Tuvans and Kazakhs were the two main cultural groups in the village). Waugh discovered that these villagers would sooner starve (and some of them did) than eat the fish from the river in the village (no indication whatsoever, by the way, that any sort of pollution or contamination played a part -- this area is remote and mountainous). They overwhelmingly preferred goat meat, and once the school cook gave Waugh a prime cut of beef because no one in the community would eat that either. Just one data point that indicates that we cannot extrapolate what people eat based on where they live. Kerry Ose *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]