A vial containing 5,000 year old lipid extracted from Late Neolithic pot [Dr Jessica Smyth]
Posted on 01/19/2015 4:45:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Ninety percent of the fats found in Neolithic cooking pots from Ireland came from dairy products, according to a new study conducted at the University of Bristol. "We know from previous research that dairying was an important part of many early farming economies, but what was a big surprise was the prevalence of dairy residues in Irish pots. It looks to have been a very important food source," said Jessica Smyth of the School of Chemistry. The remaining ten percent of the residues came from beef or mutton fat, or a mixture of milk and meat. "People can obviously cook meat in other ways than boiling it in pots, and there is plenty of evidence for cereal processing at this time, but the Irish dairy signal remains very striking, particularly when you compare it with the continental European data sets. Ireland really does seem to go mad for milk in the Neolithic," she said. Early Irish farmers were likely to have had one or two imported animals to support their individual households. Those animals may have been cared for as part of a larger community herd. To read about another method of studying prehistoric dairy consumption, see "Dental Calculus Offers Evidence of Milk-Drinking."
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A vial containing 5,000 year old lipid extracted from Late Neolithic pot [Dr Jessica Smyth]
Interesting article. It is unfortunate that the cuisine and Ireland has not improved much and 6000 years.
why did the Hebrews not mix mild and meat
For that matter, why did they call themselves “he brews” if they weren’t making beer?
I mean milk and meat. I need more coffee.
In European heaven:
Cooks are French
Mechanics are German
Cops are British
Bosses are Swiss
Lovers are Italian
In European hell:
Cooks are British
Mechanics are French
Cops are German
Lovers are Swiss
And bosses are Italians
Some of the dietary laws may have been imposed to maintain cultural barriers with surrounding people and their cults, which remained quite attractive throughout the centuries. There was a favorite recipe among neighboring Semites, calf boiled in its mother’s milk (presumably colostrum?), that was staggeringly popular and beguiling to the Hebrews.
In the case of pork, the ban *may* have grown out of the fact that it’s basically indistinguishable from human flesh, and the latter was often easier to obtain.
God wanted the Ancient Hebrews to be separate and different from the inhabitants of Canaan. He forbade them from doing some very nasty things, such as sacrificing their children to Molech by causing them to “pass through the fire”, certain incestuous behavior, and so on.
One of the ritualistic practices of the Canaanites was to boil a baby animal in its own mother’s milk! Not only was this idolatry, it was just plain CREEPY. So God specifically told Moses NOT to do this.
Over the years the Sages decided that complete separation of milk products and meat products would ensure that this would never happen even by accident.
It has evolved into the very detailed system of separate dishes, dish soap, and sometimes even separate kitchens (in Kosher hospitals and institutions).
And i have run out of coffee! Yeearrgghh!
I always buy two, one can of coffee is open and the other is on standby......thank you for the explanation.
I saw a show where come cook actually used some bog butter that was thousands of years old.
My Pleasure!
And now, I must venture forth to buy some coffee! LOL!
Not kosher.
All that time has led to dairy perfection. The one food item I splurge on is Kerrygold butter, nothing compares to it.
Okay... may I see their cookbook. I guess it is the ‘Joy of Ancient Irish Cooking’.
Now of course they say that the Lovers in Heaven are American.
It was like American wine. They just needed to experience it.
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