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Ingredients for Salad Dressing Found in 2,400-year-old Shipwreck
LiveScience ^
| 08 November 2007
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 11/10/2007 6:37:47 AM PST by Daffynition
Genetic analysis has revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian Empire. The cargo was olive oil flavored with oregano.
Beyond discovering ingredients for Italian salad dressing on the sea floor, such research could provide a wealth of insights concerning the everyday life of ancient seafaring civilizations that would otherwise be lost at sea.
An international team of U.S. and Greek researchers investigated the remains of a 2,400-year-old shipwreck that lies 230 feet (70 meters) deep, roughly a half-mile (1 kilometer) off the coast of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.
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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; chios; croutons; freepun; godsgravesglyphs; navigation; olives; oregano; salad; shipwreck; shipwrecks
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To: southernnorthcarolina
HAHAHA!
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:00:01 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Cagey
Yarghh! is Paul auditioning for freddy kruger?
Paul is really a nice guy and a great actor. Life isnt always kind
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:05:18 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
After the unfortunate event, the officer in charge of the vessel at the time also received a “dressing down” from his superiors...
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:06:03 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(That was one tossed salad!)
To: SunkenCiv
Some of the “bestest” dressings are made with oil infusions.
I am making an olive oil/habenero infusion as we speak. Add an infused garlic vinegar and POW!
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:10:48 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mikrofon
Ohhhh.... bada ba bomp! :0)
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:13:16 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
Comment #26 Removed by Moderator
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
I would like to see this entire discovery enacted by Paul Newman as as a comedy vinegrette
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:19:11 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Baynative
HAHAHA! That’s ghey ... but fits the thread perfectly! HAHAHA!
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:19:22 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: mylife
Good idea ... at least I'll have something to wear to the opening.
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:22:20 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: SunkenCiv
Oil tell you what; I dont find this surprising at all.
The MSM proves they havent a thing to talk about other than salacious commentary
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:27:19 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Daffynition
Herb dress is very becoming
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:37:53 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
Comment #32 Removed by Moderator
To: ConservativeMind
Yeah, but has anyone found the recipe for ‘garum’ the delicious sauce made from rotten fish?
I think it was a specialte’ de la maison that was used over likker fish, a prized species that swam in the Tiber where the sewers drained.
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:39:26 AM PST
by
wildbill
To: wildbill
Mmmm.. fish sauce..
Hold the sewer. Gakkkkk
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:45:57 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SunkenCiv
Well, since the ship dates from before Julius Caesar’s time, I guess the oil wasn’t meant for Caesar salad.
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posted on
11/10/2007 10:49:28 AM PST
by
Berosus
("The candidates that can't face Fox News can't face Al Qaeda."--Roger Ailes)
To: Daffynition
archeologists had assumed ans there is the whole ball of wax re archaeologists and scientists = they are not supposed to "assume" - which can short circuit what they may find and ignore...
They are supposed to be searching and then take whatever they find and go from there...
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posted on
11/10/2007 11:04:23 AM PST
by
maine-iac7
("...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" LINCOLN)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
To: Daffynition
 2400 years, eh? Gives a whole new meaning to the term "wilted lettuce."
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posted on
11/10/2007 11:50:12 AM PST
by
Nick Danger
(www.wintersoldier.com)
To: mylife
Looks like something you’d wear down on the ranch.
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posted on
11/10/2007 12:18:08 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
AN international crew is OK, as long as they don’t have any Balsamics.
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posted on
11/10/2007 12:23:02 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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