2010-07-18 – Olympus E-PL1
night scene in Aroumd, Morocco
reading through HundredRabbits’ posts talking about cooking and diet while living aboard Pino and had a random thought – one of the practical advantages of going vegetarian/vegan that I don’t think I’ve seen brought up, «cross-contamination» – in situations involving limited space, limited resources, limited utensils, not having to use extra water, extra soap, extra time washing, extra utensils to avoid cross-contamination between meat and vegetables would be a big positive
along those same lines are explanations that the guidelines underlying Kosher and Halal are an early form of sanitation – boiling enemies’ armor (sterilization), no rodents or pigs (disease), no predators (hunting rodents), separate utensils (cross-contamination)
one of the memes that spread during the early part of the Covid pandemic mentioned Poland being spared most of the ravages of the Black Death came down to the country’s willingness to accept immigrants – specifically Jewish immigrants who taught locals about washing your hands …
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