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2006-12-31 20:28:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
i mean vegan
2006-12-31 20:29:13 · update #1
What did Ben eat?
Ben decided to become a vegetarian when he was 16 years old. He prepared his own meals, and mentions eating boiled potatoes, rice, hasty pudding, bread, raisins, and water. Quickly finishing his simple meals gave Ben more time for reading.
Ben later gave up vegetarianism; during the voyage from Boston to Philadelphia he ate fish.
http://www.fi.edu/franklin/birthday/faq.html
Ben was a vegetarian.
False. Evidence suggests young Franklin was averse to killing animals for food. He also figured vegetables cost less than meat, so he could spend more of his earnings on books. His diet wasn’t completely free of meat and fish, though.
http://www.udel.edu/PR/Messenger/04/04/ben.html
Hi to vegan&proud
2007-01-01 06:32:52 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Benjamin Franklin was not a vegetarian.
Although Franklin tried to follow them himself, he sometimes went astray from his good intentions.
For example, in his Almanack, Poor Richard (Franklin) gave the advice:
"Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and cloth, or the Gout will seize you and plague you both."
Meanwhile, Franklin was known to relished his food, womanize and sometimes dress to impress people. His food and wine-drinking habits led him to be plagued with the gout for much of his life. But still, the positive intentions were there.
2006-12-31 20:43:57 · answer #2 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Benjamin Franklin was not. He even had gout which can be caused by meats and fish and many other foods. He also wrote about a fighting with gout. It was called "Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout."
2006-12-31 20:43:45 · answer #3 · answered by V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having gout does not mean someone eats meat. Though some foods aggravate the disease. It's an Auto-immune disease kind of like arthritis.
2007-01-01 03:48:25 · answer #4 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never have known that in benjamin franklin's time vegetarian has already existed. that's soo cool. adolf hitler being a vegetarian? much cooler. but in the other hand, it's also very suprising to know that these man of wisdom supports vegetarianism. how cool is that?
2006-12-31 23:31:06 · answer #5 · answered by `ayna_ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No and neither was Einstein, nor is the Dalai Lama. But all of them support(ed) vegetarianism (which is kinda contradictory).
Personally, I think we should not look for role models in dietary choices.
2006-12-31 21:23:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, he was not. The Dalai Lama is also a meat eater. Adolf Hitler however was a vegetarian.
2006-12-31 20:36:26 · answer #7 · answered by Atlanta, GA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say he was..he could have gotten gout from butter or too much cake
2007-01-01 02:34:42 · answer #8 · answered by zackadoo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was a non-vegetarian like me.
even Dalai Lama is a non-vegetarian
2006-12-31 22:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by ash 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chided for my singularity, but, with this lighter repast, I made the greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension" "Flesh eating is unprovoked murder." -Benjamin Franklin
2007-01-01 00:48:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋