The Blue Orchid Restaurant – Food and Recipes in History (2 posts)

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What have the real people of the Orient eaten thru the ages? What vegetables did they grow and how did they prepare them? We'll create our own Oriental Cookbook here. A collection of recipes both ancient and modern with a knowledge of the history of each.
If you wanna try prehistoric Japanese food (* Aria Murasaka, May 22, 2005 - 01:15 )
Marinated Abalone; Abalone & Shitake Soup (* Sankira Qin, Sep 6, 2004 - 12:40 )

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Relaxation – Entertainment and Festivals (3 posts)

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Everybody needs a break now and then. What did the ancient Oriental peoples do for entertainment? And what kind of celebrations did they engage in?
LOL! (* Anahuarque Coya Yupanqui, Sep 1, 2004 - 19:43 )
lol Sankira (* Nifisa Hatshepsut, Aug 31, 2004 - 22:59 )
An authentic ancient Chinese joke (* Sankira Qin, Aug 31, 2004 - 15:46 )

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Traditional Oriental Medicine (1 posts)

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Though a relatively recent arrival in the West, accupuncture and traditional Oriental Medicine have derived from the combined knowledge of many cultures over a period of thousands of years.
Ancient Prescription for High Cholesterol: Guggul (* Sankira Qin, Aug 31, 2004 - 10:33 )

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Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera... (- posts)

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Anything else you can think of. All - posts...

Hearth, Home, and Garden (- posts)

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What was it like for the ancient Oriental people around the old homestead? All - posts...

City Life vs. Country Life (- posts)

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Life out in the countryside was a great deal different than life in the hutongs and districts of Beijing, Edo, and Ayuthaya. What was it like to live in each? And how were they different? All - posts...

The Emperor, the Military, and the Law (- posts)

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Three powers that control everyone's life: the government, the military, and the law. Which held the most import to the common man and how did they all operate? All - posts...

Wind and Water - Oriental Beliefs and Customs (- posts)

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From the I Ching to feng shui; from Confucius to Sun-tzu, the Orient has been a place of fascinating philosophies. All - posts...