Question recently about soup in Asian countries
On Nov 11, 9:45*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:
> sf wrote:
> >> I've yet to meet an Indian who wasn't a vegetarian.
>
> > I'll second that... but there must be a few Islamic and Christian
> > Indians hiding somewhere.
>
> Wikipedia says, "Contrary to popular belief, India is not a predominantly
> vegetarian country"
>
> India has lots of different religions, and only one of them (Buddhism) is
> supposed to be vegetarian. The Indian religious demographics a
>
> Hindus * * 80.5%
> Muslims * *13.4%
> Christians *2.3%
> Sikhs * * * 1.9%
> Buddhists * 0.8%
> Jains * * * 0.4%
> Bahá'ís * * 0.18%
>
> Hindus are not allowed to eat beef, and Wikipedia states, "Most also avoid
> the meat of water buffalo and yak as being too cow-like as well as pork,
> crabs, reptiles, amphibians, and snails." So that leaves poultry, goat,
> lamb, shellfish, fish (including eels), and more exotic meats like elephant.
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