Posted on 02/08/2016 10:58:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv
200,000 fish bones discovered in and around a pit in Sweden suggest that the people living in the area more than 9000 years ago were more settled and cultured than we previously thought. Research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science suggests people were storing large amounts of fermented food much earlier than experts thought.
The new paper reveals the earliest evidence of fermentation in Scandinavia, from the Early Mesolithic time period, about 9,200 years ago. The author of the study, from Lund University in Sweden, say the findings suggest that people who survived by foraging for food were actually more advanced than assumed.
The Mesolithic period, which spanned around 10,000-5,000 BC, marked the time before people started farming in Europe. At this time, researchers previously believed groups of people in Scandinavia caught fish from the sea, lakes and rivers and moved around following the sources of food they could find...
For the first time, the new research suggests the foraging people actually settled much earlier than previously thought. They stored huge amounts of fish in one place by fermenting them, suggesting the people had more advanced technology and a more sedentary life than we thought.
(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...
Signs of early settlement in the Nordic region date back to the cradle of civilization
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/lu-soe020816.php
Lutefisk ping?
And 200,000 middle eastern ‘refugees’ completely negates the results of this study.
At least we now know the origins of lutefisk.
Fermented fish.
Hopefully it was a brief period of history.
Luttefisk should be the only protein allowed on EBT cards.
Look, they got the www thing in th 1600’s!
My thoughts too
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but fermented fish boosts IQ’s. If you can stomach it, eat it. I am being serious here. Fermented foods are safe and healthy. Pickled herring (Not really fermented) is a good way to start. Ideal diet = fermented meat and fish and milk with fresh veggies when you can get them, fermented when you cant. 0 cases of botulism recorded by the usda/fda for fermented foods. Cultures that embrace the nasty stinky (In our opinion only) foods are kicking our asses. I personally like some of the nasty reputation but damned delicious foods, but then I am an XYYY kind of guy. ;-)
Williston ND has a Lutefisk feed coming up soon at the First Lutheran Church. People travel from Norway to eat Lutefisk there. I will say I tried it once. Not to my uncultured taste. I was burping that fish smell for days...even after chasing the lutefisk with a dozen large meatballs.
Nuoc Mam....It still happens.
200,000 fish and probably crackers haven’t been invented yet. ;-)
That quite some time ago. Curious about their accounting methods. Perhaps the Babylonians weren’t the first to break open the books.
From what I understand of the lutefisk preservation process, any fat in the fish would be converted to soap. That cannot possibly taste good.
I had the opportunity to ask a visiting Norwegian about lutefisk. His reaction was priceless—you dry it and dump it in ashes, what kind of way is that to treat good fish? (said with much emotion).
My husband’s great grandmother was Norwegian. Apparently, his family’s gatherings used to feature lutefisk. Members of his family said it’s an acquired taste. I don’t know, since by the time I met him, great grandma was no longer preparing lutefisk.
That explains the bright idea for Sweden's open door immigration policy...
Lutefisk makes anybody complex. Maybe it helps fight off winter blues during the murketiden.
Lol! Beat me to it!
So maybe the Romans weren’t the ones who invented that horrible fish sauce...
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