From: l. j. swain (x99swain@wmich.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 18:47:18 EDT
Ben Crick wrote:
>
> On Tue 13 Jun 2000 (08:48:29), wross@farmerstel.com wrote:
> > I believe that it was possible (as it is now, of course), to
> > refrigerate grape juice in a running stream. This is not intended as
> > confirming or denying grape juice vs wine, only offered as something to
> > consider.
>
> The Roman Emperor had an ice house constructed, which was packed with ice
> and snow hauled down from the top of Vesuvius (?) during the winter. A small
> insulated door gave access to the centre of the ice mass, where containers
> of ice-cream mixture were left to freeze. Summer fruits could also be
> preserved there. But this was strictly for the Emperor and his honoured
> guests. No favours to the general public!
>
> Since then, Italian ice-cream has become a byword for excellence!
>
> Ben
> --
Quite right, but the Roman Emperor had a few more resources to hand than
the average peasent walking around Palestine "with no where to lay his
head".
Larry Swain
---
B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek
You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com]
To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Apr 20 2002 - 15:36:29 EDT