They were still using currachs as lighters between freighters and the islands off Ireland's west coast as recently as the '70s.
Posted on 01/19/2015 4:45:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Ninety percent of the fats found in Neolithic cooking pots from Ireland came from dairy products, according to a new study conducted at the University of Bristol. "We know from previous research that dairying was an important part of many early farming economies, but what was a big surprise was the prevalence of dairy residues in Irish pots. It looks to have been a very important food source," said Jessica Smyth of the School of Chemistry. The remaining ten percent of the residues came from beef or mutton fat, or a mixture of milk and meat. "People can obviously cook meat in other ways than boiling it in pots, and there is plenty of evidence for cereal processing at this time, but the Irish dairy signal remains very striking, particularly when you compare it with the continental European data sets. Ireland really does seem to go mad for milk in the Neolithic," she said. Early Irish farmers were likely to have had one or two imported animals to support their individual households. Those animals may have been cared for as part of a larger community herd. To read about another method of studying prehistoric dairy consumption, see "Dental Calculus Offers Evidence of Milk-Drinking."
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Wow! Thanks for that link.
Cattle are wealth and life. I wonder how much the ancient Irish were like the Massai of today.
Besides the accurate responses you received about separation of the Hebrews from surrounding cultists, the Jewish sages over the centuries summed up the reason for the mandate as:”It is bad enough to kill a baby animal to eat, but it is far worse to also then boil it in it’s mother’s milk.”
Essentially, the rational has evolved into a moral stance.
I have to tell you that I thought the food in Ireland was terrific. Of course I’m Irish. LOL! Hey its not France for sure. But still pretty good. Well except for the Black Pudding. :-)
Hey, anyone who wants to bite into some bog probably needs a little bog butter. ;’)
Two Irish guys walk out of a pub.
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Oh, I see I made a type — it’s actually “Ireland’s DIARIES...”
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My folks used to talk about “real” sour cream and “real” this and “real” that, stuff I missed, that can now be had in Europe, or if one milks ‘em oneself. One of the things I’ve had in childhood was milk before pasteurization, wow, is that great. Around here we’re seeing cheeses made from it nowadays.
It’s a lot of fun, parts are lost because they’d been passed down in the oral tradition. It’s interesting too that it shows that ancient folks moved livestock by sea.
I guess it makes sense when you live on an island
It started out as a Leprechaunolony.
lol
They were still using currachs as lighters between freighters and the islands off Ireland's west coast as recently as the '70s.
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