http://www.recfoodcooking.com
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

ChattyCathy wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

<apologies - following up to my own post - rude of me, I know>

Anyway.... due to the fact that I am not keen to bring the wrath of The
r.f.c. Cabal (TINC) down on my head, may I take this opportunity to
mention that this survey is indeed cooking related.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On 6/8/2010 12:45 PM, Andy wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
>
> My great great x1,000 grandparents invented the wheel.
>
> We invented flour!!!
>
> Then pizza!!!
>
> Andy
>

And then the pizza wheel to cut it!

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy



A good survey it is! I hadn't thought about it. But I'm guessing the wheel
didn't have all that much to do with it. I'm thinking the earliest people
were nomadic. They moved from place to place, as the seasons changed and/or
the food supply dried up. And when they moved, they walked. They probably
had some pack animals, but they didn't have wheels way back then.

I'm guessing the composition of pots, pans and cooking utensils varied due
to the available materials. Baskets woven from whatever is available, to
store grain in. Cooking pots made from local clay. Knives chipped from
obsidian, flint or iron. But they were always on the move. Always changing
what materials they used. Eventually they learned to forge iron into steel.

FW: I inherited a really sharp set of stainless steel steak knives. I'm
betting this is how the technology started <wink>

Jill

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:38:58 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> <apologies - following up to my own post - rude of me, I know>
>
> Anyway.... due to the fact that I am not keen to bring the wrath of The
> r.f.c. Cabal (TINC) down on my head, may I take this opportunity to
> mention that this survey is indeed cooking related.

All it took was going to the survey to understand.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

Hilarious survey, thanks!
--
Peace! Om

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sf wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:38:58 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> <apologies - following up to my own post - rude of me, I know>
>>
>> Anyway.... due to the fact that I am not keen to bring the wrath of
>> The r.f.c. Cabal (TINC) down on my head, may I take this opportunity
>> to mention that this survey is indeed cooking related.
>
> All it took was going to the survey to understand.
>
How very sweet of you to say so, sf.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"jmcquown" > wrote in
:

> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
>
>
> A good survey it is! I hadn't thought about it. But I'm guessing the
> wheel didn't have all that much to do with it. I'm thinking the
> earliest people were nomadic. They moved from place to place, as the
> seasons changed and/or the food supply dried up. And when they moved,
> they walked. They probably had some pack animals, but they didn't
> have wheels way back then.
>
> I'm guessing the composition of pots, pans and cooking utensils varied
> due to the available materials. Baskets woven from whatever is
> available, to store grain in. Cooking pots made from local clay.
> Knives chipped from obsidian, flint or iron. But they were always on
> the move. Always changing what materials they used. Eventually they
> learned to forge iron into steel.
>
> FW: I inherited a really sharp set of stainless steel steak knives.
> I'm betting this is how the technology started <wink>
>
> Jill
>
>

Do you own anything that wasn't inherited?


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 20:05:47 +0000 (UTC), "." > wrote:

> Do you own anything that wasn't inherited?

Morphing again, you spiteful little troll? You're too chicken to post
that using your own name.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

ChattyCathy wrote on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:17:57 +0200:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

I suspect that the invention was inevitable when Ug sailed away after
stepping on a log.
He wasn't stupid!
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 20:05:47 +0000 (UTC), "." > wrote:
>
>> Do you own anything that wasn't inherited?
>
> Morphing again, you spiteful little troll? You're too chicken to post
> that using your own name.
>
> --
> Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.



Of course he is. And of course, I moved the contents of my 2 bedroom
apartment *full* of furniture, computer equipment, kitchen gear, yada yada
yada.

Jill

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:52:44 -0500, Andy wrote:

> Andy > wrote:
>
>> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> My great great x1,000 grandparents invented the wheel.
>>
>> We invented flour!!!
>>
>> Then pizza!!!
>>
>> Andy
>
> I'll be here all week.
>
> <groans>

more's the pity.

blake

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:06:37 -0500, Andy wrote:

> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> On 6/8/2010 12:45 PM, Andy wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>
>>>
>>> My great great x1,000 grandparents invented the wheel.
>>>
>>> We invented flour!!!
>>>
>>> Then pizza!!!
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>
>> And then the pizza wheel to cut it!
>
> Janet,
>
> Yes!
>
> The lever and the wedge and circle combined was the better miracle!!!
> ))
>
> Best,
>
> Andy

are you even trying to make sense anymore?

blake

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:10:50 -0400, James Silverton wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:17:57 +0200:
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
> I suspect that the invention was inevitable when Ug sailed away after
> stepping on a log.
> He wasn't stupid!

strangely enough, most of the new world civilizations never did develop the
wheel. cecil adams has the dope:

<http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/223/why-did-the-peoples-of-the-new-world-fail-to-invent-the-wheel>

your pal,
blake

blake wrote on Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:41:13 -0400:

>> ChattyCathy wrote on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:17:57 +0200:
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>> --
>>> Cheers
>>> Chatty Cathy
>>
>> I suspect that the invention was inevitable when Ug sailed
>> away after stepping on a log. He wasn't stupid!

> strangely enough, most of the new world civilizations never
> did develop the wheel. cecil adams has the dope:

> <http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...y-did-the-peop
> les-of-the-new-world-fail-to-invent-the-wheel>

You know, they did! Why they never put it to use I don't know but there
are Mayan toy llamas with wheels! Perhaps, the lack of suitable animals
to pull carts was the problem. Or perhaps, the Aztecs were more
interested in open-heart surgery :-)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"James Silverton" schrieb :
> blake wrote on Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:41:13 -0400:
>
>
>> strangely enough, most of the new world civilizations never
>> did develop the wheel. cecil adams has the dope:
>
>> <http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...y-did-the-peop
>> les-of-the-new-world-fail-to-invent-the-wheel>
>
> You know, they did! Why they never put it to use I don't know but there
> are Mayan toy llamas with wheels!

Inca, not Maya.

> Perhaps, the lack of suitable animals
> to pull carts was the problem.

Nope. Think of the wheelbarrow or handcarts. Both very useful without
animals.

> Or perhaps, the Aztecs were more
> interested in open-heart surgery :-)
>
The best scalpels are made from obsidian ...

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

"jmcquown" schrieb :
<snip>
> A good survey it is! I hadn't thought about it. But I'm guessing the
> wheel didn't have all that much to do with it. I'm thinking the earliest
> people were nomadic.

Nope, hunters and gatherers. Nomads are cattle-herders.

<snip>

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

Michael Kuettner wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" schrieb :
> <snip>
>> A good survey it is! I hadn't thought about it. But I'm guessing the
>> wheel didn't have all that much to do with it. I'm thinking the
>> earliest people were nomadic.
>
> Nope, hunters and gatherers. Nomads are cattle-herders.

Not always. Some nomads herd cattle. Others heard cheep, goats and
camels. Other nomads move from one hunting ground to another to be near
migrating animals.

"Michael Kuettner" > wrote:

>
>"jmcquown" schrieb :
>
>> A good survey it is! I hadn't thought about it. But I'm guessing the
>> wheel didn't have all that much to do with it. I'm thinking the earliest
>> people were nomadic.
>
>Nope, hunters and gatherers. Nomads are cattle-herders.

Nope, hunters and gatherers were/are nomads too, any peoples whose
lifestyle is to travel about are nomadic. Hunters and gatherers are
much more nomadic than shepherds.

Anyway the first use of the wheel was not for transportation,
artifacts show it was a potter's wheel.

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/wheel.htm

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:25:29 -0400, James Silverton wrote:

> blake wrote on Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:41:13 -0400:
>
>>> ChattyCathy wrote on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:17:57 +0200:
>>>
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Chatty Cathy
>>>
>>> I suspect that the invention was inevitable when Ug sailed
>>> away after stepping on a log. He wasn't stupid!
>
>> strangely enough, most of the new world civilizations never
>> did develop the wheel. cecil adams has the dope:
>
>> <http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...y-did-the-peop
>> les-of-the-new-world-fail-to-invent-the-wheel>
>
> You know, they did! Why they never put it to use I don't know but there
> are Mayan toy llamas with wheels! Perhaps, the lack of suitable animals
> to pull carts was the problem. Or perhaps, the Aztecs were more
> interested in open-heart surgery :-)

that's the other thing: if they were civilized enough to develop human
sacrifice, why no wheel?

your pal,
blake

Michael Kuettner wrote:
> "jmcquown" schrieb :
>
>> A good survey it is! I hadn't thought about it. But I'm guessing the
>> wheel didn't have all that much to do with it. I'm thinking the earliest
>> people were nomadic.
>
> Nope, hunters and gatherers. Nomads are cattle-herders.

To me "nomad" means "consultant who travels for a living". Way more
modern than herding livestock. The IT nomads herd cats. ;^)