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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

1 posted on 12/05/2011 9:04:46 AM PST by Renfield
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To: Renfield

Bronze age Britain ping.


2 posted on 12/05/2011 9:07:34 AM PST by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bronze age Britain ping.


3 posted on 12/05/2011 9:07:49 AM PST by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: Renfield; SunkenCiv

Ping.


4 posted on 12/05/2011 9:08:09 AM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Renfield

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?


5 posted on 12/05/2011 9:09:28 AM PST by digger48
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To: Renfield
Nettles have more nutrition than spinach. They're a good, hearty food source.
6 posted on 12/05/2011 9:10:47 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Renfield; Ellendra

Nettles have some sort of medical benefit - I can’t remember what, but Ellendra would know.


7 posted on 12/05/2011 9:13:52 AM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Renfield
... nettle stew, which may have been a favourite dish...

Hmmm...a fairly long history of bad cooking.

10 posted on 12/05/2011 9:34:40 AM PST by econjack
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To: Renfield

I wonder about the first person to eat nettles? “Oh boy, this plant sure hurts when you touch it!! Let’s try eating it.”


13 posted on 12/05/2011 9:53:35 AM PST by JimSEA (The future ain't what it used to be.)
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To: Renfield

Wow.


20 posted on 12/05/2011 11:47:26 AM PST by El Sordo (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
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To: Renfield

Nettles are supposed to relieve arthitis pain when
used topically.Maybe the nettle soup was medicinal?


23 posted on 12/05/2011 12:03:11 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: Renfield

I’ll bet they had bad teeth too.


26 posted on 12/05/2011 12:06:55 PM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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