Those egyptians discrimminated against the poor people. But the poor people did remind me of chicora since all the eat are onions, beer, and hard bread. Although, the onions were placed in their eyes since they are a symbol of the universe...thats pretty out there.
Then the egyptians stole the soy sauce idea off china..but they used fish guts in vinegar. Then they decided to preserve meat in salt..which, in my opinion, is a little bit cooler than putting veggies in brine and pickling. So they were just about to domesticate the pig and then all the sudden they desided that pigs are nasty. The egyptians do not get credit for discovering ham now. Egypt is looking more and more like chicora now that people with pigs are outkasts. They said they would eat any kind of animal they could find, including an ibex.......what the heck is an ibex?!?!?
They would make olive oil, but they werent too good at it...and then they soaked the fruit in brine and BAM out popped an olive I guess. I never knew egypt was known for their culinary arts but they sure are. After the olives, they invented raised bread opposed to unraised bread which the poor people ate. Rich people got raised bread in all different shapes and tastes. Poor poeple were not worthy of a pinch of salt in their bread either.
Egypt opened a whole new door when it comes to taxing salt. If that item had a pinch of salt in it, it was taxed insanely. Instead of just exporting salt, they exported foods in salt which meant it would stay fresh longers..and they taxed the people a ton of money for it.
The camel was native to north america!!!! Thats the greatest thing in the world. but anyway big bad camels replaced the wimpy horses and fat oxen to carry the valued salt across the desert. But seriously could you imagine seeing a camel in your back yard eating whatever camels eat?! When i read this i was so excited that us americans had something to do with salt and camels!!!
The camels were pretty strong to carry two 200 lb blocks of salt at one time. I dont think living in a house made a salt would be very safe. What if it would rain?..bye bye house. I bet you would have dry skin too since salt absorbs moisture, and chapped lips.
Soooo basically what I got from this chapter is that
a) mummies and fish/meat were preserved in salt
b) there are alot of different types of salts...(iodized isnt natural either so dont get too excited)
c) camels came from north america and did work in egypt.
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Amen. Salt is everywhere Millie. I'm glad you are finally realizing that. I hope you respect the salty fish and bird as much as I do.
millie cmon, i could carry salt that heavy, its really not that hard..
i wish there were still camels in north america, that would be a dang good time. Ibex's are obviously a wild mountain goat. I think just about everyone but you knows that ;) I think pigs are yummy, why wouldnt they eat them, they're dumb for that. I love how everything you say in your blogs you sound oh so enthusiastic about :)
Fantastic, Mill.
I was so excited about camels, i told everyone in my house. Separately. I was excited. Is brianna serious about ibexes? Are they like minotaurs or some other weird world of warcraft animal? I'm not going to trust this guy if so. He will not pull imaginary animal crap on me.
Perhaps you and i should start a Salt fan club, i think we're the biggest enthusiasts.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/chimistul/forum/ibex.jpg
That, millie, is an ibex. isnt it adorable? i would totally not eat that cute little thing.
I also thought it was really awesome that the camel was native to north america. North America is finally cool.
I think it's funny that they compared salting humans to salting fish. They are eerily the same, but still, gross.
Wow. Your blog was really long this time. Bahahaha. I always find the camel thing interesting. No matter how many times I get reminded that camels were native to North America, I still find it to be very lollers. Oh no. The bell is going to ring.
oh! i forgot to tell you that i loove your comparison about onions, beer, and bread. It does sound a bit familiar. My family always replaces our dead family members' eyes with onions though.. doesn't yours?
wow millie, i dont know how that link got messed up. my bad. this is an ibex
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/pix/lazoo/Ibex-m.jpg
here you are :)
Not sure I follow your Chicora inference, but I'll grant you the onions in the eyes thing is pretty strange.
Before people had freezers, salting meat was the only way to preserve it. I think this point is lost on many of your classmates, as people can't seem to follow why salt was so important. Without it, people were not able to preserve food for long periods of time.
Middle Eastern people didn't look kindly on pork products. Too many worms or paracites I guess. The Bible also forbids Jews, as the Koran does to Muslims to engage in eating pork. So I think there is a connection there.
An Ibex is a sort of mountain goat.
Good observations and comments on the text for this portion of the blog. You have some interesting & funny comments.
Everyone seems to comment about the camel being from NA. I never knew this either, and I think it's pretty cool too.
The houses made of salt were located in parts of the Sahara, where rainfall rarely ever happens, so it would be safe enough I guess. A houose of out salt would be kind of neat I think.
Mr. Farrell
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