Not just the Brahmins, the Jains share this aversion.
bonobashi --- On Sun, 28/9/08, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [silk] Food and Empire To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 28 September, 2008, 7:21 AM Perry E. Metzger [27/09/08 21:49 -0400]: >(Though I suppose I'm a not-quite-vegan in that I'll happily eat >honey -- perhaps that makes me akin to the "vegetarians" who eat fish.) Hah. There are people out here who think onions and garlic are "non vegetarian" (or at least "vegetarian food that good brahmins dont eat" Ditto with several strong smelling spices like cinnamon .. Plenty of the older people in my family, for example. srs From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/
