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- Title:
- Terroir Appropriate
- Date Created:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Fr. San Antonio, bless his soul, had nice things to say about the indios. He found “men of 80 [years] working with the same vigor as men of 30... and many pass 100 before they are taken to their grave. This may be that they have adjusted to their [climate] since childhood; or it may be due to their prudent diet which does not change at all. The food they eat has very little fat in it and is by nature healthy. When he does get sick, one wonders at the very little medicine it takes to cure him rapidly, while it takes a Spaniard with the same illness an entire drugstore to get him well.” Even in the early 1700s the link between food and good health was recognized. We should aim for healthy food and make it delicious.
- Subjects:
- Fr. Juan Francisco de San Antonio Filipinos -- Food Health
- Exhibition:
- J San Antonio
- Source:
- Detail of a rice vendor 200 years after San Antonio’s Filipinas residence. By Jose Lozano.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Terroir Appropriate", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll216.html