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Stone Age Man Invented Beer Before Making Bread, Says Expert (11,000 Years Ago)
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| 9-14-2002
Posted on 09/14/2002 4:19:09 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
61
posted on
08/10/2006 7:37:13 AM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Alexander was a wuss!)
To: blam
Tablet recording allocation of beer.
62
posted on
08/10/2006 7:52:02 AM PDT
by
mentor2k
To: Ghengis
63
posted on
08/10/2006 11:07:09 AM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Alexander was a wuss!)
To: Lokibob
Men hunted and fished all day, while the women made beer for them. And life's gone downhill ever since.
64
posted on
08/10/2006 11:08:03 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Why does Israel take border security seriously but we do not, when Islamists wish us both harm?)
To: blam
Interesting. Beer does not require heat, unlike baking bread.
65
posted on
08/10/2006 4:50:29 PM PDT
by
Ptarmigan
(Ptarmigans will rise again!)
To: GoLightly
Corn means wheat over the pond. So (for example), when Julius Caesar discusses corn in "The Civil War" (which it seems to me he does somewhat often, but probably that's just the impression I got), he's referring to wheat.
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posted on
08/10/2006 8:46:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Eaker
Ale have to check this out. [rimshot!]
67
posted on
08/10/2006 8:47:29 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: blam
68
posted on
08/10/2006 8:48:50 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SunkenCiv
You barley belong on this thread!
[rimshot!]
69
posted on
08/10/2006 9:01:29 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(My Wife Rocks! - Travis McGee is my friend. “You’ll never need a gun, until you need it badly.”)
To: SunkenCiv; stripes1776
Thank you SunkenCiv. Stripes1776 spained it quite nicely in post 53. Reading things about Julius Caesar excursion to Briton was exactly what I was talking about when I'd said that I had seen it before.
To: quantim; spinestein; 5Madman2; DTogo; Horatio Gates; Ribeye; decal; B Knotts; doodad; hemogoblin; ..
And you didnt Ping me to this thread?
Man, you are slipping.
Pinging the Homebrewers for a most pertinent thread.
On or off the Homebrewers Ping list, let me know.
Cheers,
knewshound
Latest Column The Last Normal Day 21 Aug 2006
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posted on
08/10/2006 9:08:32 PM PDT
by
knews_hound
(Driving Liberals nuts since 1975 !)
To: WilliamWallace1999
Any estimate on the alcohol content of this prehistoric brew? I'm guessing around 7 to 10% alcohol in this early stout, does that sound about right? Just curious.
To: knews_hound
Homebrewing: It's so easy, a caveman can do it!
73
posted on
08/10/2006 9:43:00 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: Eaker
Rye can't imagine what made you say that.
74
posted on
08/10/2006 9:48:54 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: blam
THE BUFFALO THEORY.... (From an episode of 'Cheers', Cliff is seated at the bar describing the Buffalo Theory to his buddy, Norm.)
"Well you see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
"In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers" Q.E.D.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
To: knews_hound
Beer is a necessary prerequisite for civilization.
Thus explaining the ills of the beer-deprived Islamic world.
Problem: barbarism
Answer: Beer
76
posted on
08/11/2006 7:03:25 AM PDT
by
B Knotts
(Newt '08!)
To: blam
It probably is. What you and I know as corn is a New World food, like potatoes.
77
posted on
08/11/2006 7:08:44 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.)
To: blam
But archaeologist Merryn Dinely, of Manchester University, told the paper that corn was turned into malt, the main ingredient for making beer. Corn instead of 2-row? That must've been some nasty beer.
To: Lokibob
you can get food from beer
you can't get beer from food
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posted on
08/11/2006 7:11:44 AM PDT
by
edzo4
To: blam
This is nothing new. The theory has been around forever.
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