Show oysters eaten in eighth century before christ let us not leap to conclusions the discovery of the shell remains 0 of f 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 liero hero who in fear and trembling first bw swallowed allowed nn an oyster and wondered it if lie he was poisoned probably rob lived long iong before sparta was even contemplated ile he may have been a shipwrecked tyrian sailor lie he may have bare been some hungry beachcomber even before the men of the eastern mediterranean launched ships perhaps he was a cave dweller who watched a sea seabyrd bi rd carry a clam aloft and drop it on a rock to smash its slid shell we shall never know but we can continue to be thankful to him whenever the RR months come ironed around and we seat ourselves before a steaming stew detroit news |