Which was exactly what I said, wetland have become irrelevant for European farming, which meant ducks ended going out of style, in rice farming cultures ducks still play a much greater role in their cuisine.
Replacement for pigs in Europe?
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Which was exactly what I said, wetland have become irrelevant for European farming, which meant ducks ended going out of style, in rice farming cultures ducks still play a much greater role in their cuisine.
Its actually an issue in the east as well. Heavy use of pesticides on rice fields has resulted in a push away from integrated duck-rice farming anyways. Coupled with duck being more difficult to factory farm even traditionally strong duck areas are seeing a decrease in duck production in favour of chicken since they take up less space in the sort of cage farming that has become ubiquitous for poultry.
Yes I can see how that would happen, the shift away from holding animal outdoor have lowered the popularity of many animals. Goats and geese have also gone the same way. Sheep solely survive as a major meat animal thanks to the popularity of wool.
Both India and most of the Muslim world still depend heavily on non-industrialized farming, so that's not really a major factor in this.
Geese eat grass, but only partly digest the grass so sheep goat or cows will produce a lot more meat for the same amount of grass.
Honestly? Depends on the scenario and where in Europe. If, say, the Sami people mass-convert to Islam, they probably aren't giving up Reindeer farming. Also, it depends on whether new animals are introduced at around the same time as conversion. If converting to Islam opens up opportunities to eat a variety of animals that aren't native to Europe from Indonesia (or even Australia) west, more exotic animals could fill the niche that pigs do. Though, in all honesty, most folks in this thread have hit the nail on the head: less pigs, more goats. Plus, even with more exotic meats being introduced, said meats would likely be phased out if mass factory farming becomes a thing like OTL.
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Reindeer meat is Halal.
Norway introduces halal reindeer meat... and plans to produce a HAM
Harry Dyrstad, owner of specialist wildlife abattoir Vilteksperten, north of Trondheim, has 100 reindeer ready to be sent off to the shops.
From what I can tell, majority opinion is that squirrels are haram. Which befits tree rats.
Well it have historical been the most common farmed fish in Eurasia, and were historical seen as high prestige food while salt water fish were low prestige food.
They're also basically pigs of ponds, as I mentioned on the first page. They fill the same waste disposal roles that pigs do and are easy to raise.