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Chinese archaeologists find 2,000-year-old meat soup
newkerala.com ^ | December 15th 2016 | newkerala.com

Posted on 12/17/2016 10:20:36 AM PST by LouieFisk

A vessel containing meat soup, prepared more than 2,000 years ago, was discovered during archaeological excavations in China's Henan province, authorities said on Thursday. The stew, containing beef bones and other ingredients, was discovered on Monday at an archaeological tomb site in Chengyang district near the city of Xinyang, Efe news reported.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archeology; china; dietandcuisine; godsgravesglyphs; meat
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To: LouieFisk
The stew, containing beef bones and other ingredients

Not trusting it without an independently done DNA test.

21 posted on 12/17/2016 10:35:15 AM PST by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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To: Buttons12

“Here’s a story about a 2000yo mummy who’s almost fresh as a daisy, her limbs still flexible. No consensus as to why.”
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Bookmarked to view later. I know of Chinese mummies, but not so much the state of individual ones.
The Incan girl mummy is something, too.

http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/055/287/original/incan-mummy-maiden-1.jpg


22 posted on 12/17/2016 10:37:30 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

Yes, but no saltines. What a shame.


23 posted on 12/17/2016 10:39:53 AM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: LouieFisk

“Ramen noodle-flavored meat soup”


24 posted on 12/17/2016 10:43:32 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: LouieFisk

Chinese authorities are angered by the discovery since the letters on the tin containing the soup reads “Dinty Moore”. Happiness in a can.


25 posted on 12/17/2016 10:44:20 AM PST by WMarshal ( Schadenfreude, it feels so good!)
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To: bigbob

Ramen Noodles have a a 2,000 year shelf life.


26 posted on 12/17/2016 10:44:41 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: IndispensableDestiny

“Then ate it. LOL!


27 posted on 12/17/2016 10:44:58 AM PST by WMarshal ( Schadenfreude, it feels so good!)
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To: LouieFisk

And right beside it, scientists found a half eaten eggroll that was one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years, eleven months, thirty days, twenty three hours and thirty minutes old.


28 posted on 12/17/2016 10:46:41 AM PST by keat
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To: WMarshal

I had some! half an hour latter I was hungry again!!!


29 posted on 12/17/2016 10:49:15 AM PST by slickdain (USA now belongs to America ... wait in this line for your taco and your welfare check!)
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To: keat

“And right beside it, scientists found a half eaten eggroll that was one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years, eleven months, thirty days, twenty three hours and thirty minutes old.”
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After half an hour the archeologists were hungry to dig up some more.


30 posted on 12/17/2016 10:53:46 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
That's the jar nobody wanted to eat even back then.
All the good stuff is gone.
Same reason antique chairs are so uncomfortable, the comfy ones were worn out long ago.

31 posted on 12/17/2016 11:12:11 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: LouieFisk

good luck trying to steal my jokes ... way to fast for the normal human.


32 posted on 12/17/2016 11:32:10 AM PST by slickdain (Make America Wealthy Again ... STOP H-1b visas!)
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To: LouieFisk

How were they able to seal the vessel so as not to evaporate the water in the 2000 years?


33 posted on 12/17/2016 11:43:30 AM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA IS ALL THAT TRULY MATTERS)
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To: 353FMG
"How were they able to seal the vessel so as not to evaporate the water in the 2000 years?"
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Easy enough. The Seal-A- Meal!

34 posted on 12/17/2016 11:51:53 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
I always thought Musgovian cuisine was an American creation?

At least the naming.

35 posted on 12/17/2016 11:56:34 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: LouieFisk

Dang that Tupperware works good


36 posted on 12/17/2016 12:05:29 PM PST by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: LouieFisk
What? No fortune cookie? Oh, dare one? What it say?

It say, "_______"

Go to it, folks!

37 posted on 12/17/2016 12:06:38 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN)
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To: LouieFisk

Now THAT’S some aged beef...


38 posted on 12/17/2016 12:08:06 PM PST by Libloather (Hillary - the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: central_va

“What about Dadda?”

All I know is that he was survived by his wife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypsMk_0QxY
(Alan King: Survived By His Wife!)


39 posted on 12/17/2016 12:09:46 PM PST by Buttons12
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To: LouieFisk

Those black eggs were bad enough!


40 posted on 12/17/2016 12:16:16 PM PST by Savage Beast ( "You can--in fact must--shout 'Fire!' in a crowded theater. It just has to be the truth. J Goldberg)
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