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To: SunkenCiv

Pimentos, martini’s, and fig newtons came later.


3 posted on 06/19/2022 12:00:07 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar; SunkenCiv

I wonder when they decided that using virgins to press the olives made the best oil? And did they prefer male or female virgins?


6 posted on 06/19/2022 12:01:55 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

Pimentos, martini’s, and fig newtons came later.

The reason for olives being cultivated was that they were needed for martini (shaken not stirred....)


16 posted on 06/19/2022 3:44:11 PM PDT by njslim
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