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The Cauldron, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Cooking in Clay Pottery

A new study has found early evidence for the use of spices in cookinga cooking, wet cooking, soup, cooking in clay pottery. The research was based on analysis of what are called phito liths which are tiny mineral structures that you can find inside plant as. And so they analyzed the pidoliths in these pots to determine what these prehistoric people were seasoning their food with. They found out it was a modern garlic mustard seed.

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