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Title: Man started farming, not to make food, but to make alcohol from fermented grains
Post by: TylerDurden on July 12, 2017, 01:06:38 am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4684920/New-book-recreates-world-s-oldest-known-beers-wines.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4684920/New-book-recreates-world-s-oldest-known-beers-wines.html)

Title: Re: Man started farming, not to make food, but to make alcohol from fermented grains
Post by: Projectile Vomit on July 12, 2017, 01:37:08 am

I agree that agriculture had its origins in addiction, but don't think it started with fermenting cereal grains to make alcohol. I think it started with people developing an addiction to opioid compounds in cereal grains (http://ericgarza.info/addictive-origins-of-agriculture/). They probably learned about fermentation later.

Title: Re: Man started farming, not to make food, but to make alcohol from fermented grains
Post by: TylerDurden on July 12, 2017, 02:59:38 am

Quote from: Eric on July 12, 2017, 01:37:08 am

I agree that agriculture had its origins in addiction, but don't think it started with fermenting cereal grains to make alcohol. I think it started with people developing an addiction to opioid compounds in cereal grains (http://ericgarza.info/addictive-origins-of-agriculture/). They probably learned about fermentation later.

I am sure you are right. But it is so much more effective propaganda versus the cooked-food-eating crowd to claim that cooking got started because people wanted to become  drunkards!

Title: Re: Man started farming, not to make food, but to make alcohol from fermented grains
Post by: Projectile Vomit on July 12, 2017, 06:00:25 am

They still wanted a fix, just from a different set of chemicals. Opioids instead of alcohol.