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Ancient snack stall uncovered in Pompeii, revealing bright frescoes and traces of 2,000-year-old street food
CNN ^ | December 26, 2020 | Reuters

Posted on 12/26/2020 1:33:41 PM PST by BenLurkin

Known as a termopolium, Latin for hot drinks counter, the shop was discovered in the archaeological park's Regio V site, which is not yet open the public, and unveiled on Saturday.

Traces of nearly 2,000-year-old food were found in some of the deep terra cotta jars containing hot food which the shop keeper lowered into a counter with circular holes.

Archaeologists also found a decorated bronze drinking bowl known as a patera, ceramic jars used for cooking stews and soups, wine flasks and amphora.

Pompeii, 23 km (14 miles) southeast of Naples, was home to about 13,000 people...


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TOPICS: Food; History
KEYWORDS: beef; chicken; dietandcuisine; duck; food; frescoes; godsgravesglyphs; notyetopenthepublic; pompeii; pork; romanempire; snails; soups; stews; streetfood; termopolium
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To: BenLurkin

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


41 posted on 12/26/2020 3:26:01 PM PST by zigmeisterxiv ( )
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To: BenLurkin

The Twinkieums were still fresh.


42 posted on 12/26/2020 3:29:28 PM PST by seowulf
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To: BenLurkin

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


43 posted on 12/26/2020 3:30:38 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kriggerel

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.


44 posted on 12/26/2020 3:31:47 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: nevergore
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"

45 posted on 12/26/2020 3:32:27 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin
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.

46 posted on 12/26/2020 3:34:20 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: centurion316

No fries. Only chips.


47 posted on 12/26/2020 3:34:24 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
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.

48 posted on 12/26/2020 3:37:44 PM PST by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: dfwgator

dfwgator,

You did a great Cuomo impersonation.....

Happy New Year!
NeverGore


49 posted on 12/26/2020 3:42:23 PM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

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


50 posted on 12/26/2020 3:48:29 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: Kriggerel

It’s all Greek to me.


51 posted on 12/26/2020 3:49:46 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


52 posted on 12/26/2020 3:51:22 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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To: Adder

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!


53 posted on 12/26/2020 3:55:29 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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To: BenLurkin

Chips with garum dipping sauce. Yum, yum


54 posted on 12/26/2020 4:00:18 PM PST by centurion316
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To: frank ballenger

Sledge Hammer was great comedy.

It deserved at least one more season.


55 posted on 12/26/2020 4:00:56 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: Kriggerel
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?
56 posted on 12/26/2020 4:03:02 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Larry Lucido

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.


57 posted on 12/26/2020 4:03:12 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: BenLurkin

place in 19 70


58 posted on 12/26/2020 4:28:48 PM PST by truth_seeker ( ^^\/**|_|**\/ ^^^^)
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To: abigkahuna

Totally amazing. That would catch anyone’s eye!


59 posted on 12/26/2020 4:39:35 PM PST by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


60 posted on 12/26/2020 4:54:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! Help beat the leftist media at their own game.)
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