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Top food was olives in time of the ancient mariner
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| Thursday, August 12, 2010
| Michele Kambas (ed by Paul Casciato)
Posted on 08/15/2010 10:35:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: goseminoles
An olive is an olive. A black olive is simply a ripe olive.
Green olives have to be cured in brine or would way to bitter to eat.
To: JoeProBono
Absolutely amazing. Where in the world did you find this?
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posted on
08/15/2010 12:20:45 PM PDT
by
Outlaw Woman
(We in Missouri spoke LOUDLY 08/03/10 & We peacefully said NO to Tyranny. Are you listening Marxists?)
To: SonnyBubba
Good to know! I love all olives!!!
To: SunkenCiv
Ever (try to) eat a tree-ripened olive? “There can only be one!” Any more than that marks you as a determined, masochistic Darwinian Candidate.
I really have to wonder who (and how/why) discovered the process to make them edible.
“Yech! You can’t eat those things!”
“Blech!! I can’t drink this crap, either...”
“Hey; maybe if I soak those in this, then ....”
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posted on
08/15/2010 12:27:41 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam; A Satanically Transmitted Disease spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus)
To: ApplegateRanch
I love olives any way they appear.
There are a number of foods that seem unlikely as a food source for early man. Lobster is one that comes to mind.
To: SunkenCiv
these pips must have been part of the crew's food supply,
...or they drank lots of martinis.
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posted on
08/15/2010 12:32:45 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Peanut bunker was just peanut bunker until I found Free Republic.........)
To: Red_Devil 232; SunkenCiv
probably something they could grow relatively easily, make oil from and it was a food. It was one of those products that could probably be used for currency.
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posted on
08/15/2010 12:35:54 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: SunkenCiv
May I suggest that if you ever get a chance, you try “Graber Olives”. Ummm, ummm, ummm!. Tree ripened, green-brown with a unique nut-like flavor. Well worth the price (close to $10 a can). Great for special occasions.
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posted on
08/15/2010 12:49:11 PM PDT
by
ADemocratNoMore
(Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
To: ADemocratNoMore
I’ve got some family members who might appreciate those, thanks for the tip!
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posted on
08/15/2010 1:16:34 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Rinnwald
I’d rather have the olive. Ever try to dress a salad with, or to burn, ‘horse oil’?
It is much easier to sit in the shade of an olive tree, then in the shade of a horse. Can’t sling a hammock or hang a swing from a hourse’s limbs, either.
Horses reproduce too slowly, and require too much year round work, and take up too much pasture that cows could use, for the amount of meat they produce.
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08/15/2010 1:16:53 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam; A Satanically Transmitted Disease spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus)
To: Hot Tabasco
Transparent glass dates from too late to provide verification of this, but *we* know the truth now... ;’)
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08/15/2010 1:22:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: GeronL
Yep! All they had to do was plant it. No irrigation required and is drought tolerant.
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posted on
08/15/2010 1:42:31 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: ApplegateRanch
And the horse tips over your Martini glass.
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posted on
08/16/2010 7:20:51 AM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: Rinnwald
And the horse tips over your Martini glass. ..and then steps on the olive.
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08/16/2010 11:43:46 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam; A Satanically Transmitted Disease spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus)
To: billhilly
Did someone say "gin"?
To: texmexis best
aThere are a number of foods that seem unlikely as a food source for early man. Lobster is one that comes to mind.”
Imagine the first person to eat an oyster.
To: billhilly
Imagine the poor starving b*stard that first ate chitlins.
To: billhilly
That’s one of the ones that remain without any explanation that is satisfactory.
To: billhilly
To: SunkenCiv
Black olives, pitted and stuffed with anchovies, then marinated two days in the olive juice and anchovy brine, and an equal amount of Kalamata.
Served with a sweet creamy cheese, like Havarti and sesame bread.
Preferred beverage - two ounces of Arak (best is Razzook or elKazen) in a wine glass, light rocks and spring water.
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posted on
08/17/2010 1:29:32 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(Pablo is Miley- wily, clever and detractive as all get out!)
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