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Ingredients for Salad Dressing Found in 2,400-year-old Shipwreck
LiveScience ^
| 08 November 2007
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 11/10/2007 6:37:47 AM PST by Daffynition
Genetic analysis has revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian Empire. The cargo was olive oil flavored with oregano.
Beyond discovering ingredients for Italian salad dressing on the sea floor, such research could provide a wealth of insights concerning the everyday life of ancient seafaring civilizations that would otherwise be lost at sea.
An international team of U.S. and Greek researchers investigated the remains of a 2,400-year-old shipwreck that lies 230 feet (70 meters) deep, roughly a half-mile (1 kilometer) off the coast of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; chios; croutons; freepun; godsgravesglyphs; navigation; olives; oregano; salad; shipwreck; shipwrecks
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To: LexBaird
Tossing out a statement like a high caloric roulade can get your lunch wagon into quite a salad. ;)
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11/11/2007 2:18:21 PM PST
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Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
I don’t carrot all. I’ve bean in a fix before, and find it invinegaretting.
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11/11/2007 6:00:24 PM PST
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LexBaird
(Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)
To: sodpoodle
"We are at the end of evolution....should we restart the cycle?"Looks to me like societal entropy has set in...wherever one looks.
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11/12/2007 4:16:39 AM PST
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drc43
(Defeat is within our grasp... Nancy Pelosi)
To: LexBaird
Wordz leeked out yam bean squashed B4. ;)
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11/12/2007 4:28:50 AM PST
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Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: SunkenCiv
Who is this guy? The Romans and Greeks has a lot more uses for olive oil, including flavored oil, than just salad dressing. It does make a cute headline, though.
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11/12/2007 9:34:29 AM PST
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colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker
Romans and Greeks has a lot more uses for olive oil, including flavored oil
Stop right there, this is a family kind of place. ;')
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11/12/2007 9:50:40 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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colorado tanker
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