Why were ancient people afraid of soba as 'a symbol of death'?

by Tavallai

" Sora bean " has been eaten all over the world such as Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc. at the same time, but at the same time it was thought that "soybeans = a symbol of death". Gastro Obscura puts together a story about meals about the mystery "Why was" bean = a symbol of death? "" It is summarized.

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The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras thoroughly refused to eat kidney beans, and not only Pythagoras himself but his disciples learned from Pythagoras also did not eat slime. This was not unusual at that time, and the tendency to repel the bean as a "symbol of death" existed even in ancient Egypt and Rome.

According to Ken Alba, who studies meal history, in the Europe up to the 15th century, "beans" usually refers to the beans. Sawdust beans are very common ingredients in the Mediterranean-centered region, and it has been useful as a precious protein source.

Although it is a strawberry rooted in people's life from a very early time, people in many cultures had complex emotions to the beans. Historian Herodotus wrote that "The Egyptians are completely refusing to grow beans," and there is no fact that Egyptians actually did not cultivate beans at all, but against beans It seems that there was a negative emotion indeed.

Beans are often used as "sacrifices" in rituals, and lentils and beans were dedicated as sacrifices in funeral ceremonies. For this reason, the priests who do priests on God · Eupiter appearing in Roman myths said that they were prohibited from eating beans, thinking of death as dirt, as well as touching beans and talking about beans.

The fact that "Pythagoras disliked the beans" is well known to people of ancient times, according to Plinyus he believed that "Pythagoras contains souls of the dead in the beans". The black spots of the flower of the soybeans and the hollow inside of the stems resulted in the idea that "the beans are connecting the ground and the nether world". However, the Greek people at the time were also eatable ingredients, and as the poet Horatius called the bean beans "Pythagoras beans", there were not a few people ridiculing the Pythagoras dikobi dislikes.

by Daniela

Although there are many negative episodes about kidney beans, the possibility that the main reason why the soybeans were challenged mainly in the Mediterranean is considered to be caused by " soybean poisoning " is also considered. Kid bean poisoning is food poisoning that causes fever and breaks red blood cells in the blood and causes hemolytic anemia by eating kidney beans or pollinating, and in some cases it may result in death due to acute renal failure.

The genetic factors are greatly involved in the development of Akabu poisoning, and it seems that people with factors of Akabe poisoning seem to be spreading along the Mediterranean coast, North Africa and Central Asia. In the cultural area centered on the Mediterranean, the reason why "Soba is a symbol of death" was being avoided was that there were not a few people who died due to eating the beans, which was a big reason There is a possibility.

Perhaps Pythagoras who hated the beans strongly also might have perceived himself as having a factor of poisoning against the bean. There is also the theory that the beans were greatly related at the end of Pythagoras, according to one theory Pythagoras was chased by pursuers and was escaping, he seems to have hindered the hand to go to the field of the beans. Pythagoras who was forced to choose whether to run through the bean's field or get caught by the pursuit is told that it was killed as it was chosen by the pursuer. If this theory is correct, it may be that Pythagoras, who has been challenging the beans for the rest of my life, eventually died due to rice beans.

by Jessica Spengler