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> I once read it estimated that the average Jew in first-century Palestine would have probably eaten less than a pound of beef per year.

Which makes sense, in a region that was profoundly ill-suited for cattle farming...

If you want to talk about staggering quantities of low-quality meat, look at European military/naval rations from the early modern period. At least a pound a day of salt beef, pork, or fish.

https://csphistorical.com/2016/01/24/salt-pork-ships-biscuit...



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