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Y-M-C-Cave: The skeleton was found in a Prague suburb with its head pointing eastwards and surrounded by domestic jugs - rituals only previously seen in female graves. Men would normally be buried with weapons, hammers and flint knives

Five thousand years after he died, the first known gay caveman has emerged into the daylight.

According to archaeologists, the way he was buried suggests that he was of a different sexual persuasion.

The skeleton of the late Stone Age man, unearthed during excavations in the Czech Republic, is said to date back to between 2900 and 2500 BC.

During that period, men were traditionally buried lying on their right side with the head pointing towards the west; women on their left side with the head facing east.

In this case, the man was on his left side with his head facing west. Another clue is that men tended to be interred with weapons, hammers and flint knives as well as several portions of food and drink to accompany them to the other side.

Women would be buried with necklaces made from teeth, pets, and copper earrings, as well as domestic jugs and an egg-shaped pot placed near the feet.

The ‘gay caveman’ was buried with household jugs, and no weapons.

Archaeologists do not think it was a mistake or coincidence given the importance attached to funerals during the period, known as the Corded Ware era because of the pottery it produced.

From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake,’ said lead researcher Kamila Remisova Vesinova.

‘Far more likely is that he was a man with a different sexual orientation, homosexual or transvestite. What we see here does not add up to traditional Corded Ware cultural norms.’

An oval, egg-shaped container usually associated with female burials was also found at the feet of the skeleton.

One of the domestic jugs among the caveman's remains. Normally only placed in female graves, the jugs suggest the caveman was either homosexual or transsexual

Another member of the archaeological team, Katerina Semradova, said that colleagues had uncovered an earlier case dating from the Mesolithic period where a female warrior was buried as a man.

She added that Siberian shamans, or witch doctors, were also buried in this way but with richer funeral accessories appropriate to their elevated position in society.

‘This later discovery was neither of those. We believe this is one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a transvestite or third-gender grave in the Czech Republic.’

Read more: hXXp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1374060/Gay-caveman-5-000-year-old-male-skeleton-outed-way-buried.html#ixzz1IwbYSZl5

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Nigella Lawson rocks.The other recipe of Nigella's that has become one of our favorites is a lot more healthy for you: it's "Noodle Soup for Needy People." I LOVE the flavor of the broth, and the crisp vegetables are so good. It doesn't have any meat in it but the noodles (we use fettuccine) and the vegetables are enough to fill you up.

Here's the recipe: 

"Noodle Soup For Needy People"
Ingredients

dark sesame oil [we added this ingredient]
    6 ounces udon noodles (dried, from a packet)[we use
    fettuccine]
    3 cups chicken or vegetable or dashi broth [we use chicken]
    1 teaspoon brown sugar
    1 star anise [we skip this]
    1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
    2 tablespoons soy sauce [we cut this to 1 Tbs or it's too salty]
    3/4 cup bean sprouts
    3/4 cup sugar snap pea pods
    3/4 cup sliced shiitake mushrooms
    2 heads baby bok choy, finely sliced
    2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro leaves

Directions

Cook the noodles according to packet instructions and while the water is boiling saute mushrooms in a bit of dark sesame oil in a saucepan [we added this step: it adds a better flavor to the broth] and then fill the saucepan with stock, brown sugar, star anise, ginger and soy sauce. (When the noodles are done, just drain them and put half in each bowl.)

When the flavored stock comes to a boil, add the vegetables. They should be cooked before 2 minutes are up.

Pour half into each bowl, over the cooked and drained noodles and sprinkle with cilantro

Nigella Lawson rocks.Tonight we had her "Quadruple Chocolate Loaf cake". I made it this afternoon, and not only was it a snap to put together but it's sinfully luscious. If you love chocolate cake, give this one a try.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients
Cake:

1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 cup cocoa
    1 1/3 cups sugar
    1 1/2 sticks soft unsalted butter
    2 eggs
    1 tablespoon good-quality vanilla extract
    1/3 cup sour cream
    1/2 cup boiling water
    1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or morsels

Syrup:

1 teaspoon cocoa
    1/2 cup water
    1/2 cup sugar

1-ounce dark chocolate (from a thick bar if possible), cut into splinters of varying thickness, for garnish

Special equipment: 2-pound loaf tin (approximately 9 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 3 inches deep), lined with greased foil, pressed into the corners and with some overhang at the top. Alternatively, substitute a silicon loaf tin, no foil lining necessary.

Directions

Take whatever you need out of the refrigerator so that all ingredients can come room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F, putting in a baking sheet as you do so.

Put the flour, baking soda, cocoa, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, and sour cream into the processor and blitz until a smooth, satiny brown batter. Scrape down with a rubber spatula and process again while pouring the boiling water down the funnel. Switch it off, then remove the lid and the well-scraped double-bladed knife and, still using your rubber spatula, stir in the chocolate chips or morsels.

Scrape and pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and put into the oven, cooking for about 1 hour {it took about 8-10 minutes longer than an hour for me}. When ready, the loaf will be risen and split down the middle and a cake-tester will pretty well come out clean.

Not long before the cake is due out of the oven (when it has had about 45 to 50 minutes), put the syrup ingredients of cocoa, water and sugar into a small saucepan and boil for about 5 minutes, to give a thick syrup.

Take the cake out of the oven and sit it on a cooling rack, still in the tin, and pierce here and there with a cake tester. Pour the syrup over the cake.

Let the cake become completely cold and then slip out of its tin, removing the foil as you do so. Sit on an oblong or other plate. Sprinkle the chocolate splinters over the top of the sticky surface of the cake.