People perceive Rastafarians to be peculiar eaters, which in fact they are. They only cook and eat “Ital Food”. Ital Food is a type of type of food that is prepared without salt or from a limited selection of seasoning. The main reason for consuming this type of food is because it is not processed. They strictly believe that processed food is really harmful to the body – and so does the rest of the world. They don’t partake in any form of meat eating, however they do make an exception for fish (not including shellfish). They use tofu as meat substitutes to make fantastic meals. Their diet consists of mostly vegetables, such as cabbage, callaloo. Popular meals are: veggie chunks, callaloo and saltfish, ackee and saltfish, steam fish and ockra. I have been around a lot of Rastafarians and whenever they offer me food, I am amazed by how wonderful it tastes. I find them to be very skillful cooks because they know to use a limited amount of herbs and seasoning to prepare food that is so tasty. I strongly believe that with this kind of strict form of eating and cooking, the Rastafarian diet is comparable to vegetarian diets.

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