SC - Kid Slaughtering age

[Olwen the Odd]

I don't believe it, but Mr. McGovern, the archeologist with regard to the 
Midas Feast, got back with me about the chocolate issue. I get the 
impression--I guess from the way it is phrased and written--that he was none 
to happy about the dessert issue himself.... Here is his response:
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Subj:    Re: King Midas Feast Menu
Date:   7/31/00 1:12:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time
From:   mcgovern at sas.upenn.edu (Patrick McGovern)
To: KallipygosRed at aol.com

Lars:

You are right about chocolate.  In putting together a palatable and
interesting meal, we took some liberties with historical accuracy 
regarding the dessert.  I suggested carob in place of chocolate, but
the chef felt that it was too chalky tasting and "health-food" oriented.
In all other aspects of the meal we have maintained a desire and effort
to present the meal in as historical a context as possible, based on the
information discovered within the tomb. The dessert was a late addition
to the menu.

P. McGovern

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>>From: KallipygosRed at aol.com
>>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:48:29 EDT
>>Subject: King Midas Feast Menu
>>To: websiters at www.museum.upenn.edu
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>>I'm intrigued by the research and the fact finding in the ingredients for
the
>>upcoming feast. I'm in process of seeing if I can get the time from own
>>employment to fly out for the dinner. I have only one question to which you
>>may/may not have the answer. In the menu as reported there is going to be a
>>dessert of chocolate truffle overlaid with gold. In the actual tomb was
there
>>chemical components/traces found to suggest that a chocolate or chocolate
>>like dish was served or is this a creativity strictly to end the dinner?  I
>>belong and cook for a recreation group period meals from the medevial period
>>of European history and there has always been debate over whether chocolate
>>was a "period" ingredient. The current feeling is it came to Europe in late
>>1400s. To find evidence that it might have occured so much earlier in
history
>>is very exciting to me.
>>
>>Thank you in advance for any assistance or information you may be able to
>>give me.
>>
>>Lars Morgan
>>KallipygosRed at aol.com
>>
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