On 23 Jan 2005 10:00:10 -0800, "salgud"
> wrote:

>It probably works best with
>blast furnace like heat, but I don't recall reading about many ancient
>Chinese villages having blast furnaces handy. Of course, I'm not a
>early Asian historian, so I'll defer to some experts opinion on this.

Howdy,

This is an interesting matter...

Why would we assume that in ancient Chinese villages the
inhabitants were enjoying delicious meals?

I believe it far more likely that they were lucky to avoid
starvation just as were ancient peoples over much of the
planet.

This is similar to the idea that I often see when people try
to learn about making various forms of naturally leavened
bread. Often they ask "Did the original "Sourdoughs" go
through this to make their wonderful bread?" Again, assuming
that people ate wonderful food in earlier times. Nonsense.
Most starved.

All the best,

--
Kenneth

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