Meat staples include fish, lamb, and fowl including pigeon, which is considered a delicacy when baked in pastry, the b'stillah, a national favourite.
Squab was one of the primary meat staples of human diet until the 20th century when confinement chicken farming replaced them.
As the months dragged on, more bad news came, from the health department, which issued a warning about squirrel meat — a staple of the Ringwood community's diet — because of lead contamination related to the paint.
For the first time, Raverty and colleagues have discovered the cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii which can cause infectious blindness and abortions in people in western Arctic beluga whale meat, a staple food for the Inuit people.
Especially in Brixton Village — the area's historic produce, meat and staples market — where abandoned shops are being reclaimed and converted into tiny cafes, boutiques and eateries hawking every ethnic street food under the sun.
In most of the world's densely packed urban areas, you can pick up fresh produce at a stall on the way home from work or buy bread, meat and staples at the cornershop across the street.
And though certain fruits and vegetables have a higher environmental footprint than meat, vegetarian staples like grains and soy have some of the lowest levels of energy use and GHG emissions.
I guess the lesson from that is, if you're going to give this a go, use some of that high-end ham from the deli counter so at least you look mildly classy while you're walking around with meat trimmings stapled to your leg. .
Next theme Turkish vegetarian: Selin's meat-free staples, including stuffed cabbage leaves and a Cypriot green leaf stew.
Pork is China's staple meat.
