grammar correction :) (purposely excavated troughs in watery areas, the water of which is heated with stones from a nearby fire)!!! On 18 November 2014 10:51, nikolah gilligan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In Ireland we have *fulachta fiadh, *(purposely excavated troughs in > watery areas which is heated with stones from a nearby fire). They range in > date from the Neolithic to the Med, but most are Bronze Age in date. Later > sources state that they are associated with cooking deer and have also > recorded a tradition of using the fat as some kind of moisturiser. However, > all are different and some researchers are looking into whether some of the > features were used to create fat for storage or for candles and soap, by > boiling bones. This is similar to a process used in the Near East with > gazelle bones and by the Blackfoot tribe in Canada who used similar > features to create fat and then mix it with dried buffalo and berries to > create a high-fat winter snack. > > On 18 November 2014 00:48, Ralph Hancock <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Polish cuisine uses _słonina_, smoked back fat -- like smoked bacon, but >> without the meat part. This is a traditional ingredient of long standing. >> No doubt the original purpose of smoking it was to preserve it. >> >> RH >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: >> >> http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1NTg0IG5pa29sYWhnQEdNQUlMLkNPTSBBTkNJRU5ULUZPT0QtVEVDSJN8U1vtJOqw&c=SIGNOFF >> > > > > -- > Nikolah Gilligan BA Hons. MSc. > > http://www.ipean.ie/profile_Nikolah.html > > 0879171105 > > > -- Nikolah Gilligan BA Hons. MSc. http://www.ipean.ie/profile_Nikolah.html 0879171105 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH