Seasonal

[poliphilo]

Here's something I got from Channel 4's Time Team.

Durrington Walls is the largest prehistoric henge in Britain.

Archaeologists digging at Durrington Walls have found rubbish pits full of pig bones.

Pigs farrow in the spring. These pigs had been slaughtered at nine months old. Ergo the people at Durrington Walls were in the habit of enjoying a slap-up pork dinner at the Winter Solstice.

"Jesus is the reason for the season"? Only if you accept that "Jesus" is just another name for the Sun.

Comments

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Suggestion for a vegetarian Christmas lunch/dinner...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Mmm, sounds good.

I love olives. So does Joe. He eats them by the bowl-full

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

It is good, and in my humble opinion a pie can look every bit as festive as a roast! Also, while it does take a lot of chopping-action etc. the filling and the pastry can easily be made the day before so you avoid having to spend the entire morning cooking the Christmas lunch! (I know it's more or less an English tradition that the housewife get's up at six to get the turkey in the oven, but really; if you're going to have christmas in the morning then why not make it so that one person isn't stuck in the kitchen for the duration of it?)