A sandstone grinding slab found at Oc Eo in Vietnam, on which traces of spices were identified.Photo: Khanh Trung Kien Nguyen
Posted on 07/24/2023 6:11:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have found remnants of eight spices on a sandstone slab from an archaeological site in Vietnam, showing the early adoption of ingredients and techniques from South Asia.
Unearthed in an ancient village in southern Vietnam, the cookware—roughly the size and shape of an anvil—was likely used to grind the spice and other ingredients familiar in today’s curries...
An analysis of 717 grains of starch recovered from the tools revealed the presence of eight different spices: turmeric, ginger, galangal, sand ginger, fingerroot, clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Many of the grains also showed signs of deformation, indicating that they had been damaged during grinding and resembled the starch granules found in modern curry powder.
Since Óc Eo was first excavated in the 1940s, it has yielded a large number of artifacts that suggest the city once lay at the crossroads of a vast trade network that spread as far as the Mediterranean Sea.
A maritime trade route that connected the Mediterranean Sea to China during the same time period as the renowned Silk Road has long been known to historians. The maritime route extended further south, connecting Southeast Asian, Iran, and modern-day Indian cultures. However, the majority of the evidence is based on written records, and the lack of physical evidence has made it difficult for researchers to verify these accounts...
Though previous fragments discovered elsewhere predate the spices studied in the new study, the Óc Eo findings provide the first evidence that these spices were all used in Southeast Asia during this time period. The spice remains suggest that the stone mortars, pestles, and grinding slabs discovered there were most likely used for food preparation.
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh55
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A sandstone grinding slab found at Oc Eo in Vietnam, on which traces of spices were identified.Photo: Khanh Trung Kien Nguyen
Curries without hot peppers don’t seem right. I guess a lot of spices have some heat, but not like New World hot peppers.
May have and at least don’t really go together. They are both fuzzy phrases. You should only use one fuzzy phrase.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - “That Smell”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBizGsfQnsQ
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Loudon Wainwright III - “Dead Skunk”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-o2xlffWo
No one cares.
Yeah, the stench of curry is probably still noticeable at the site after 2,000 years.
I think I got a plate of that as takeout in Brookland a couple decades or so ago.
Whoops. [blush]
Burning fossil fuels.
These people are really old! 2,0000 years old. Wow!
Curry is marching up the food list in England, probably passing the fish and chips soon while taking a bead on #1 roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18777030.national-curry-week-2020-uks-top-ten-favourite-dishes/
And Muhammad is now the top name for boys in England.
Between the Indians and muslims England As We Knew It is pretty much a goner.
Why not?
“There is no such thing as religion when talking about...
...good curry.”
Ah - Turmeric, the wonder drug.
No wonder....Monkey meat is really tough..................
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