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Pompeii snack bar re-opens...nearly 2000 years after it was destroyed by eruption of Mt Vesuvius
dailymail.co.uk ^ | March 20, 2010 | Rhianna King

Posted on 03/20/2010 12:08:05 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

In AD79 it was Pompeii's most popular hang out, where locals would stop off to meet friends and partake in a snack of baked cheese smothered in honey.

Now, nearly 2000 years after the Italian city was buried under ash and rubble by the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius, its favourite snack bar has re-opened.

For the first time the thermopolium, as it is called in Italy, will be open to tourists after having undergone and excavation and restoration process over the past few months. Tomorrow 300 VIPs selected at random will attend an advance opening of the snack bar where they will enjoy a taste of Roman cafe society, including the sweet, calorific treats enjoyed by the all sections of Pompeii society before the city was destroyed.

Pompeii, which is near Naples in the Italian region of Campania, was destroyed, and completely buried, during a catastrophic two-day eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79AD.

The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under many meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748.

Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into life during the Roman Empire.


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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: campania; dietandcuisine; godsgravesglyphs; italy; naples; pompeii; romanempire; vesuvius
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To: GunsAndBibles

Eww... LOL!


21 posted on 03/20/2010 12:35:18 PM PDT by James C. Bennett
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Wonder if they'll serve such favorite Roman snacks like:

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Dormouse stuffed with minced pork and nuts dried in olive oil.

Or garum, crushed fish guts fremented in brine.

Tasty.

22 posted on 03/20/2010 12:46:46 PM PDT by PanzerKardinal (Don't give up any of your rights. They were purchased for you by blood!)
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To: PanzerKardinal

oops fried not dried.

But then again dormouse jerky might be tasty.


23 posted on 03/20/2010 12:47:58 PM PDT by PanzerKardinal (Don't give up any of your rights. They were purchased for you by blood!)
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To: Little Bill

We made some garum.

Sort of tasty, like Vietnamese fish sauce but not as sweet.

Smelled like death though but then again people eat oozey stinky cheese.


24 posted on 03/20/2010 12:50:00 PM PDT by PanzerKardinal (Don't give up any of your rights. They were purchased for you by blood!)
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To: PanzerKardinal
Sir, Sir, can I change my order to dead dog with Nouc Mam, white rice on the side please.
25 posted on 03/20/2010 1:02:11 PM PDT by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It took this place 2000 years to reopen? I know it takes awhile to get things done in Italy, but I didn’t it took that long. There must have been some serious red tape!


26 posted on 03/20/2010 1:07:39 PM PDT by bobjam
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To: Free ThinkerNY

27 posted on 03/20/2010 1:34:39 PM PDT by egannacht (Inalienable rights granted by...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Upon further excavation:

     
   
     

28 posted on 03/20/2010 1:43:12 PM PDT by mikrofon (Lava-Hot & Ready!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

29 posted on 03/20/2010 1:44:42 PM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Moonmad27
Wonderful! That’s always been the most interesting building in Pompeii to me.

More interesting than the Lupanare ?

-ccm

30 posted on 03/20/2010 4:20:39 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: James C. Bennett

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Gee thanks. Now I’m going to cancel those plane tickets.


31 posted on 03/20/2010 5:04:48 PM PDT by Touch Not the Cat
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Pompeii snack bar re-opens...nearly 2000 years after it was destroyed by eruption of Mt Vesuvius

"Yes, I'll have the deep-fried .... er, nevermind."

32 posted on 03/20/2010 5:06:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: egannacht

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Be careful what you ask for.....


33 posted on 03/20/2010 5:06:45 PM PDT by Touch Not the Cat
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To: mikrofon

ET TU, MIKE?


34 posted on 03/20/2010 5:08:07 PM PDT by martin_fierro (The Wiseguys of March)
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Oh no, I owe a big tab at that place.

Thanks Little Bill.

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35 posted on 03/20/2010 6:42:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://themagicnegro.com/)
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To: SunkenCiv

so cool!


36 posted on 03/20/2010 6:52:07 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: JoeProBono
Original Roman signs have been restored.


37 posted on 03/20/2010 7:00:43 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Anyone here sprechen Sie Latin?


38 posted on 03/20/2010 7:02:55 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Oh no, I owe a big tab at that place.

Might be bad news for you, but for me, it is WONDERFUL!

Those thieving sons of Punic whores never paid me for that last galley load of cheap vintage Dago red.

With interest and carrying charges; breakage; fees for the loss of the ship, indemnities for....

39 posted on 03/20/2010 7:22:36 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (I think not, therefore I don't exist!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

There’s a really nicely preserved restaurant in ancient Ostia, near Rome, and naturally I can’t seem to turn up an image.

Oh wait... here’s one I think, it’s the wall images that a largely illiterate society (or at best, multilingual) used to see what was on the menu, and to then order it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1527209/posts?page=4#4


40 posted on 03/20/2010 7:50:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://themagicnegro.com/)
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