One example of a food taboo that was influenced by colonization and cultural assimilation is the buffalo. The buffalo was a primary part of native american plains tribes' diet and considered by them to be a sacred creature. In order to honor it, they would eat every edible part of the buffalo, and make use of anything that couldn't be eaten by making clothing or tools. European settlers however had different cultural and religious taboos forbidding the consumption of the head, eyes, brain, heart, testicles, and some other organs. Since these settlers were also constantly moving west, it was common to leave behind the buffalo after they had eaten their fill. While this initially caused some conflict with the native american tribes who considered the buffalo sacred, colonialization ended up weakening the native american taboo on wasting food, and introducing new cultural taboos regarding food alongside the introduction of Christianity to the region.
spam fails_task lang_mismatch pii not_appropriate hate_speech sexual_content quality toxicity humor helpfulness creativity violence