Show Oysters Eaten in Eighth Century Before Christ Let us not leap to conclusIons The discovery of the shell remains of an oyster banquet that was Vas probably held In a tillage near bear Sparta In the Eighth century before Christ proves only that oysters were wel e being eaten by men at that time not that the Spartans ed the edibility of the oyster The hero who ho In fear and tram trem bUng being first swallowed ed an oyster and wondered If he was poisoned probably probably ably lh lied cd long before Sparta was wasI I I eti C en cn contemplated lIe may have been a shipwrecked TyrIan sailor he I Imay may have been some hungry beach beachcomber comber even before the men of the Eastern Mediterranean hunched ships Perhaps he was a cave dweller who watched a seabird carry a clam aloft and drop It on a rock to smash Its shell We shall never know but we cnn can continue to be thankful to him cr the n It months come around and aDd we beat ourselves before beCore a steaming stew stew- DetroIt News |