### ch06p194 early Britons kept chickens for fighting not eating > It's likely that the arrival of chickens in Britain wasn't about meat or eggs and was instead more about blood sport because people liked watching cock fights. Caesar says so in the _Gallic Wars_ 'the Britons regard it as unlawful to eat the cock but they breed them for amusement and pleasure.' The rest of Europe seems mostly to have eaten pheasant and geese, based on their menus. Reminds me of [[Joel Baden]]'s point (and mine from [[2020-11-10 Pigs]]) about how culture has more to do with dietary restrictions than anything inherent to disease or animals, and that sometimes the restrictions are illogical and have no clear consistency. - [[Tamed by Alice Roberts#ch06p194 early Britons kept chickens for fighting not eating|View in Vault]]