Word: meatlessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...diverse saints and satans of human history: Gandhi and Hitler, Leonardo da Vinci and Martin Bormann, Albert Schweitzer and Richard Wagner. In The Vegetable Passion, such celebrities are always less notable for their deeds than for their dinners. "Byron," observes Barkas, "noted poet and lover, practiced a meatless diet sporadically throughout his life, not because of deep ethical or political ideas, but out of vanity-to enable him to keep his weight down and preserve his thin, appealing figure, which was almost as memorable as his strikingly handsome features...
...described in terms that instantly subvert the appetite: "The Pfizer Company has produced a product called Sure-Curd that is made from the parasitic fungus Endothia parasitica, a crystalline enzyme that . . . cuts in half the maturation time for Cheddar cheese." Moreover, the book's glossary of labels for meatless-dieters is as discouraging as mock chopped liver: "ovo-lactarians" supplement their plant food with eggs and milk; "granivores" eat only seeds and grains; "fruitarians" consume only fruits; "vegans" refrain from utilizing any animal product whatever...
...beneath the jargon and gossip, a serious as well as topical undercurrent can be felt. Should animals be killed to feed humans? In the long run, is the consumption of 10 Ibs. of grain to produce 1 Ib. of beef an equitable or sensible ratio? Is the meatless meal a fashion, an ideal or a specter? These were once the narrow concerns of Victorian freethinkers like George Bernard Shaw or of pop nutritionists like Adelle Davis. But suddenly, in many societies, the question of a high-protein vegetable diet has be come literally a matter of life and death...
...cent of students voting who selected some option of meatless alternative plan, 45 per cent voted that it should be offered every day and 38 per cent voted for the plan on some days...
...CHUL first voted to implement meatless days in response to a proposal from Jean Mayor, professor of Nutrition. MEATLESS DAYS REFERENDUM First Choice No. % Previous Menu 929 27.5 Meatless Days 998 29.5 Meatless Alternatives 1442 42.6 No Choice 14 0.4 Total...