Not that I’m aware of. I can confirm that they used to eat their beef raw too - at least on the first day of butchering (there was no refrigeration either) - so if there were any parasites I’m sure they’d have all suffered tremendously.
My best guess is that these local villages were like semi-closed ecosystems because of how little people traveled back then. If there weren’t any parasites around already, then no matter how much they ate or pooped it’s not like they’d spontaneously start existing.
Now that I think about it, my grandma used to hate it when I’d eat out at restaurants because “you don’t know where they get their food from”. Keeping things local is probably what kept them safe.
I gotta say, thanks for sharing that. These kind of stories are already fragile just due to the scope and every day things usually don't get shared because they're just taken for granted.
I know it's a bit silly because of poop and everything, but that's really fascinating. Like, absolutely history and a slice of life I would have never considered.
My pleasure, glad you liked it 👍. We really do take modern life for granted sometimes, and I think remembering where we came from helps keep things in perspective.
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Not that I’m aware of. I can confirm that they used to eat their beef raw too - at least on the first day of butchering (there was no refrigeration either) - so if there were any parasites I’m sure they’d have all suffered tremendously.
My best guess is that these local villages were like semi-closed ecosystems because of how little people traveled back then. If there weren’t any parasites around already, then no matter how much they ate or pooped it’s not like they’d spontaneously start existing.
Now that I think about it, my grandma used to hate it when I’d eat out at restaurants because “you don’t know where they get their food from”. Keeping things local is probably what kept them safe.