When travelling through the pacific islands I discovered that they treat spam
and similar salted and tinned pork meat products with an almost religious
reverence. As their economies were based around pig I can understand why. But
this is interesting as it points to both genetic AND cultural factors that
place a food in the esteem of its people.
In Australia, we have an appalling product called corned beef. It is a
heavily salted roast that you boil, primarily to remove the salt and thereby
make it edible.
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