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spencer wrote:
YES!!! I'm sure they appreciated flavourings just as much as we do today. I was tempted to joke that there should be a primetime Beeb series called Neolithic Masterchef, but, in all seriousness there IS a need for a programme, fronted by, say, Alice Roberts, about the huge variety of foodstuffs available to our forebears, who were undoubtedly guided by animal observation. It would open eyes. Long live dock pudding!
I seem to recall something like that has already been done under the heading of survival. The word 'Masterchef' would put me right off.

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Yes, I know that my first post on this topic was about the occupants of Durrington Walls eating Durritos, but, levity aside, I think that the ancient occupants of these islands understanding of their botany and its practical application in the form of medicinal and culinary practice - the two are interlinked - is an underappreciated area of study. I suggested Dr Alice as she has a grounding in human biology as well as archaeology and is 'good tv', imho.