Meat And Its History
Hunting for food is as old a habit as man, for he could survive only by obtaining his food from nature. The historic man began to find in nature both plants, and then animals that could quench his needs so in time he domesticated them, for hunting and always looking around for food proved to be uneffective. Having the food always near meant better preservation techniques and less time wasted. Meat is even today one of the most consumed aliments worldwide, but the types of meat used across the world differ according to every culture. How did it all begin?
Among the first animals that man brought near so that he could use them for food were sheep and goats. That corresponds to the nomadic period, when commmunities would move from place to place in search of better life conditions. This happened during the 8th millennium BC, in the Middle East, after long periods of hunting all sorts of wild animals. But in order to be able to keep the sheep near, man tamed the dog, which then became the guardian of the herd.
The cow, considered a sacred animal in India, was here domesticated around 8000 BC, and then in the Middle East and the Sub-Saharan Africa. It is highly consumed today all over the world. Cattle and pigs are related to settled communities and not to nomadic peoples. The ox and the buffalo are not only used for their meat, but also for their strength, on the labor field. And this applies to almost all animals, who have different functions in a community. The second man’s best friend is the cat, which was domesticated by Egyptians, but the exact period is not known. However, in some parts of Asia it is eaten and is part of man’s diet.
As we were talking about the cat, it is worth mentioning what other animals communities across the world eat, as they might seem curious to the Occidental cultures. In Alaska and Siberia, people have domesticated the reindeer for its meat, in Peru – the guinea pig, around 5000 BC and the dromedary camel in Arabia in 4000 BC. As we will move on to remoter communities across the world, we will find out even more bizarre types of meat consumed by people.
It seems now just obvious that man would want to domesticate animals instead of go hunting for them. He could secure a permanent supply of meat and avoid the sessions of hunting where he would depend on luck and many other elements. Additionally, if he hunted too much meat, it risked to become unpleasant in just a few days. As man evolved, his technique did too, so today animal raising is an industry developed all over the world. And it will not fail for meat cannot be replace by any other vegetable or product.
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