Pliny Natural History 13, 9, 48 writes: The date of the Thebaid is packed into casks at once before it has lost the aroma of its natural heat; if this is not done , it quickly loses its freshness and dries up *unless it is warmed up again in an oven*. -- Dr Susan Weingarten tel:+972 4 6821395 mobile:+972 [0]507 537 184 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH