Going potty

  In my defence, it used to be that I'd just sit down in front of my computer and start wittering about whatever popped into my head before posting whatever I'd come up with into your inbox, but since I've taken a more focused direction a little more work is involved. Now I find myself having to find time to do research instead which, (Stop jabbering. This is an abysmal ruse to fill up space and no one's falling for it. -Ed)

  After having my mind blown by the over fifteen thousand year old cooking pots found in what is now Japan, I've found out more about ancient pottery but this is a bit more modern by about five thousand years. For this story, let's head over to the fertile crescent, places like Mesopotamia and its environs. On a modern map that's Iran, Turkey, Syria etc.

  The pots I'm on about were found in Syria over ten thousand years ago and contain evidence of plants being cooked in them. Though this is the sort of time that farming had started, it looks like this had been used by hunter gatherers, which means we were cooking in pots before we started farming. But that comes as no surprise when you consider that pottery has been found that's over twenty five thousand years old.

  Over twenty five thousand years!!! (I'm still having trouble getting my head around how long we've been doing... well, stuff.) Anyway, hunter gatherers would use pots to cook grains and leaves. This is interesting, (to me at least), because I'd not heard that we were cooking and eating grains before we were farming them. But only because I haven't been paying attention. (Muppet. -Ed)

  Earlier, over in China, cooking pots were discovered that had been left by hunter gatherers who had been trying to stay warm during an ice age. Cooking helped get the extra energy out of the meat and starch they were cooking to help them from freezing their tits off.

  Back to the future and tonight's dinner, (pictured above), which was a pile of semi-ancient leftovers. I may be off doing my research but I can still remind you to overcook to make sure there's plenty in your fridge to make throwing supper together an easy task.

Kirk out

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