Meat

Where meat is concerned, the Mediterranean message is that less is more. Historically, this is an attitude of necessity; not one developed consciously because of any contemporary concerns for less saturated fat in the diet, but simply because the lands that surround much of the Mediterranean are not rich in pasture or suitable for raising cattle. The hotter and drier it gets, the less hospitable for animals. Sheep will eke out a living where cows will not, and goats will survive where neither can find sustenance.