The smallest of six oak boats is excavated at the bronze age site near Peterborough. Photograph: Dave Webb/Cambridge Archaeological Unit for the Observer
Posted on 12/05/2011 9:04:42 AM PST by Renfield
Six boats hollowed out of oak tree trunks are among hundreds of intact artefacts from 3,000 years ago that have been discovered in the Cambridgeshire fens, the Observer can reveal.
The scale, quality and condition of the objects, the largest bronze age collection ever found in one place in Britain, have astonished archaeologists – and barely a fraction of the site has been excavated.
Unique textile fragments, wicker baskets and wooden sword handles have survived. There are even containers of food, including a bowl with a wooden spoon still wedged into the contents, now analysed as nettle stew, which may have been a favourite dish in 1000BC. The boats – two of which bear unusual decoration – are in such good condition that the wood grain and colour can be seen clearly, as can signs of repairs by their owners...
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The smallest of six oak boats is excavated at the bronze age site near Peterborough. Photograph: Dave Webb/Cambridge Archaeological Unit for the Observer
Bronze age Britain ping.
Bronze age Britain ping.
Ping.
I probably wouldn’t have finished my supper either, if she tried to serve me nettle stew.
What’s for dessert? Poison Ivy Ice Cream?
Nettles have some sort of medical benefit - I can’t remember what, but Ellendra would know.
I had a bowl of nettle soup one time in Sweden. Nothing to write home about (kind of like Campbell’s cream of broccoli), but edible.
British cuisine.....nothing’s changed in 3,000 years.
Hmmm...a fairly long history of bad cooking.
Nettles
Are they talking about sea nettles? Are those the black spiney things?
Very common where I live and historically eaten after steaming. Can be painful on more sensitive skin (inside of arms, neck, etc.). Some people say that brushing affected areas with equisetum (horsetail) will lessen the sting, but I find it best to just avoid contact...
I wonder about the first person to eat nettles? “Oh boy, this plant sure hurts when you touch it!! Let’s try eating it.”
You really know yur stuff. Are nettles found in the South? Do you just eat the leaves? How can one eat something that is so toxic to the skin?
You really know yur stuff. Are nettles found in the South? Do you just eat the leaves? How can one eat something that is so toxic to the skin?
You really know yur stuff. Are nettles found in the South? Do you just eat the leaves? How can one eat something that is so toxic to the skin?
Here’s the USDA page on Uritca dioica (stinging nettle). http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=URDI Looks like it’s found everywhere except Arkansas.
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Wow.
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