“As one put it in the original symposium, ‘Are we to believe that the foundations of western civilization were laid by an ill-fed people living in a perpetual state of partial intoxication?’ ”

As the author of the linked article says at the end, “Sure.”

I was able to get the flour reasonably fine, but back in New York, with my trusty Vita-Mix, the flour is now silky smooth and fine.

Wasn’t beer actually considered a food and a source of nutrients and calories? And thought to be safer for consumption than water?

Did beer develop before or after bread? I imagine the invention of beer was quite popular, where as if you couldn’t be bothered making flour for bread, then you could always eat the same grain as a gruel.