• Today in History - 1940

    From Dave Drum@1:229/452 to All on Tue Sep 12 05:28:16 2023
    12 September 1940 - A WORLD SEALED AWAY FROM TIME IS FOUND UNDER FRENCH
    SOIL: Marcel Ravidat, 18, finds a narrow entrance into a series of caves beneath the fields of Dordogne, France, and comes back with three
    friends to explore the subterranean world. There they gaze upon the
    vivid Lascaux cave paintings that experts will later date to over 17,000
    years old.

    The entrance to the Lascaux Cave was discovered on the La
    Rochefoucauld-Montbel lands by 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat when his dog,
    Robot, investigated a hole left by an uprooted tree (Ravidat would
    embellish the story in later retellings, saying Robot had fallen into
    the cave.) Ravidat returned to the scene with three friends, Jacques
    Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas. They entered the cave through
    a 15-metre-deep (50-foot) shaft that they believed might be a legendary
    secret passage to the nearby Lascaux Manor. The teenagers discovered
    that the cave walls were covered with depictions of animals. Galleries
    that suggest continuity, context or simply represent a cavern were given
    names. Those include the Hall of the Bulls, the Passageway, the Shaft,
    the Nave, the Apse, and the Chamber of Felines. They returned along with
    the Abbe Henri Breuil on 21 September 1940; Breuil would make many
    sketches of the cave, some of which are used as study material today due
    to the extreme degradation of many of the paintings. Breuil was
    accompanied by Denis Peyrony, curator of Les eyzies (Prehistory Museum)
    at Les Eyzies, Jean Bouyssonie and Dr Cheynier.

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    Title: Underground Baked Chicken & Potatoes
    Categories: Poultry, Potatoes, Herbs
    Yield: 4 servings

    4 (6 oz ea) skinned, boned
    - chicken breast halves
    2 tb OOil
    2 ts Garlic salt
    1/2 ts Black pepper
    2 ts Dried oregano
    4 md Baking potatoes

    Dig a hole about 1 foot into the ground. Place a layer
    of hot coals on the bottom, and cover with a 1/2"
    layer of dirt.

    Rub the chicken breasts with oil, then season with
    garlic salt, pepper, and oregano. Wrap each breast
    securely in aluminum foil and place into the hole.

    Cover the hole with about 6 inches of dirt and allow the
    chicken to cook for 3 to 4 hours. About 45 minutes
    before you are ready to eat, wrap the potatoes
    individually in aluminum foil, and place them in the
    coals of a campfire to cook. When the potatoes are
    ready, dig up the chicken and serve with potatoes.

    By Jennifer Kilauea

    RECIPE FROM: https://www.allrecipes.com

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