eli5: has there ever been a time when there were vegan civilization(s), or is veganism a new thing in the history of humans
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I can’t think of any vegans. There have been a lot of vegetarian societies going quite far back, most famously in Indian culture. Ovo-lacto vegetarianism was common, and many societies allowed fish too.
IMHO this is why much modern American vegan cuisine isn’t that great, it’s mostly modern inventions made to make people forget they’re not eating meat. But Indian vegetarian (ovo-lacto) cuisine has grown over thousands of years to just be delicious on its own. I’ll take a good chana (chickpea) saag over a chicken saag any day, and I’m not even a vegetarian.
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