On herbs

>Todd > Well, this would tend to eliminate greens and herbs from the menu.

>Maybe so.  Like fruit, greens and herbs were seasonal items at best.

It's hard to put yourself into the mind of a paleo.  But remeber that it's
only within the last 150 years or so that people have understood
scientifically what "calorically dense" foods were and what made them
calorically dense.

There may have been something more subtle with the paleos and perhaps they
had food lore which had a scientific basis.

Anyway, I think they would have eaten herbs, even lettuce and celery, if
they liked the flavour.  We can't assume they always made the wisest choice
in terms of macronutirents.  They got their micronutrients from somewhere,
and I'd surmise they had herbs - good, bad and indifferent.

Keith