Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
> Well, I can only think of pemmican as the sole example of cooked-food
> that truly lasts. Given the very poor evidence of organic matter from
> Palaeo times(other than bones), I rather doubt evidence of pemmican
> will ever be found really far back. The again, I found this article:-
> 
> 
> 
> http://antifruitcake.com/hist2.php
> 


Ah yes, the famous Fakowie tribe, so called from their habit of shouting 
during their witless migrations "Where the fakowie".
Been a lot of years since I heard that one.

Thanks for the morning smile.

William