Beef

Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. Beef is one of the principal meats used in European cuisine and cuisine of the Americas, and is important in Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia as well. In the Middle East, it is very rare to have lunch without beef.

Religious proscription

Beef is a taboo meat in a number of religions, most notably Hinduism, whose adherents consider cows deserving of reverence. This taboo is believed to have arisen from the necessity of cattle for milk and draft labor preempting the slaughter of young cattle for veal. Also, consumption of beef (along with other meats) is frowned upon by many Buddhists, although it is not strictly taboo.

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Taboo meat - Hinduism - Cows - Deserving of reverence - Buddhists

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In Judaism, Beef is one of the meats considered Kosher, if butchered and prepared in accordance with religious law, under the supervision of a Rabbi. Beef is also considered Halal by Muslims under similar strictures.

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Judaism - Kosher - Rabbi - Halal - Muslims

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