Ancient snack stall uncovered in Pompeii, revealing bright frescoes and traces of 2,000-year-old street food

CNN ^ | December 26, 2020 | Reuters

[zigmeisterxiv]

Been there ... what an awesome place!
Much larger than I envisioned, and be aware most of the streets are very cobbly and put a real strain on the knees and ankles.
I arrived later in the day but after 3 hours had enough, but I shall return!

z

[seowulf]

The Twinkieums were still fresh.

[dfwgator]

LOL, when I visited Pompeii a few years ago, my first thought was “Dude, this is where Pink Floyd played.”

[Ezekiel]

Great point.

These were a big surprise for their brightness and preserved detail.

Little did these poor people know that their lives would come roaring back to life 2000 years after they were buried in volcanic ash.

[dfwgator]

Great....Pompei restaurants could serve food in the middle of an eruption but New York restaurants can’t serve food in the middle of a Flu outbreak.....

"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"

[frank ballenger]

Traces of nearly 2,000-year-old food

Gas Station Convenience Store CEO:"I got my bid in ahead of the other stores. We should have the food repackaged, with altered expiration dates, and in our stores for customer sales by Monday."

Does anybody remember the great comedy cop show Sledge Hammer? He tried forcing a reluctant thug to talk by forcing him to eat packaged food at the convenience store---all outdated but still being sold. Funny.

I once grabbed a candy bar and bought it on the way out of a Valero station. I opened it and it was mostly powder pieces. Date on it was a year and a half expired. Clerk gave me a more recent vintage replacement.

[BenLurkin]

No fries. Only chips.

[real saxophonist]

I was in the grocery store today, and I always check the markdown area in the back.

It was full of Claxton Fruit Cake they didn't sell.

[nevergore]

dfwgator,

You did a great Cuomo impersonation.....

Happy New Year!
NeverGore

[EvilCapitalist]

You’re looking in the wrong place. Try the Castro district of San Francisco. Unless Pompeii had a Castro district.

[EvilCapitalist]

It’s all Greek to me.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

About fifty four years ago, LIFE MAGAZINE ran a series of articles on Ancient Rome.
One of the illustrations showed a stall the same as this but it showed the holes to be used to keep wine amphorae upright. It also showed two winos getting ready to punch each other out when the shop keeper stops them.

The magazine article illustrations were much better than the LIFE book on ancient Rome.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

According to Suetonius, Tiberius used to dine with an old Roman who had his slave girls serve the food buck naked.

OLD GOAT! Why can’t some of today’s eateries do the same!

[centurion316]

Chips with garum dipping sauce. Yum, yum

[wally_bert]

Sledge Hammer was great comedy.

It deserved at least one more season.

[Dr. Sivana]

Hoc avtem loco, vnde pater Caecilivs et filivs Qvintvs non esset prandivm? :P

I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Perhaps Caecilius and Quintus should be rendered in the Dative case?

[Texas Fossil]

I keep dehydrated Habanero peppers (I prepare them from fresh) and use them for really great Mexican food dishes. Next to Hatch Green Chili’s; Habanero Peppers have the best flavor.

A little bit will go a long way. 1/4 of a dried Habanero pepper will easily flavor a large can of Hominy. But it is amazing.

[truth_seeker]

place in 19 70

[grimalkin]

Totally amazing. That would catch anyone’s eye!

[NormsRevenge]

I wonder if they will find gelato shops too..

Saw some ruins that had ovens and hearths and such at Pompeii, makes ya wonder what else is buried under the Herculaneum site that has seen the area rebuilt.

Like to be able to go back and see what else they have dug up every 10 years or so.