Post #69835
2025-12-16 16:13 UTC
Food has ceremonial and ritual value in all of those places, it is not merely a vehicle for nutrition.
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@floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-16 16:22
Sure, I never said it doesn’t. Just that it is not a centerpiece of the culture. The fact that Americans have a big Thanksgiving dinner once a year isn’t comparable to the approach that the French/Italian/Greek/most Asian cultures have towards food on a daily basis