
Anglo-saxon peasants used to enjoy rancid bacon for lunch when they were toiling in the fields. The key word there is enjoy.
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also that salty fatty food was a rarity for all of human development except for the last 60 years. Maybe salt was a novelty.
NOT FOR THOSE SEAFARING VIKINGS
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:35,
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NOT FOR THOSE SEAFARING VIKINGS