Show oysters eaten in eighth century before christ let us not leap to conclusions the discovery of the shell remains of 0 an oyster banquet that was probably held in a village near sparta in the eighth century before christ proves only that oysters were being eaten by men at that time not that the spartans spartano Spar tans discovered the edibility of the oyster the hero who in fear and trembling alln first swallowed an oyster and wondered if he was pol poisoned probably lived long before sparta was even contemplated ue he nay may have been a shipwrecked tyrian bailor he may have been some hungry beachcomber even before the men of the eastern mediterranean launched ships perhaps he was a cave dweller who watched a seabird carry a clam aloft and drop it on a rock to smash mash its it shelf heil we W never know but we can continue to be thankful to him whenever the it months come around and we seat feat ourselves before a steaming stew detroit news |