RomanArmyTalk
Food - Printable Version

+- RomanArmyTalk (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat)
+-- Forum: Research Arena (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+--- Forum: Ancient Civ Talk (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=12)
+---- Forum: Food (https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/forumdisplay.php?fid=15)
+---- Thread: Food (/showthread.php?tid=3092)



Food - richsc - 05-21-2003

We've seen recipes based on Epicius, but we are not impressed. I have a hard time imagining that Romans ate what most folks think of as reconstructed food.<br>
Taking the known ingredients, you can come up with much more edible stuff.<br>
For events, what is the opinion on a flat bread roll up? Particularly since Pompeii is in the Naples area, a roll up / pizza like bread is really easy to do.<br>
Favorite event recipes are encouraged! <p></p><i></i>


Re: Food - Gashford - 05-22-2003

I am no cook or specialist in this area but I have cooked and eaten and enjoyed<br>
<br>
Pork, onion and plums, with an assortment of nuts.<br>
Cook off the pork cubes and onion, cut plums into nice chunks and at the last minute chuck in the diced plums and nuts to warm through - quite nice.<br>
<br>
The second one I use is almost exactly the same but it done with chicken, onion and grapes.<br>
<br>
I tend to spice the food with various spices that I have lying about at home which I have no idea whether or not the Romans actually had.<br>
<br>
I got the basis of these recipes from a cook who had (so he told me) researched the true ingredients.<br>
<br>
Perhaps what someone could do would be to list the various fruits and nuts that the Romans had available to them, but I suspect we coudl run into regional probelms, foods available in the UK might not resemble those of N.Africa?<br>
<br>
Hope this helps, but as I say I am not expert, but the above recipes are 'finger licking good' <p>Graham Ashford
<hr />
[url=http://www.ludus.org.uk" target="_new]Ludus Gladiatorius[/url]<br>
[url=http://pub156.ezboard.com/bromancombatsports" target="_new]Roman Combat Sports Forum[/url]<br>
[url=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk" target="_new]Roman Army Talk Forum[/url]<br>
[url=http://pub27.ezboard.com/bromancivtalk" target="_new]Roman Civilian Talk Forum[/url]<br>
</p><i></i>


food ingredients, distance and trade - richsc - 05-22-2003

I can do that. Just going through one of the recreation cookbooks and listing the items will work. Of course, all new world items weren't available; potatoes, tomatoes being two.<br>
I'm not as sure about the spicing; were those available from India? They had trade there, but did spices make the trip? <p></p><i></i>


Re: food ingredients, distance and trade - Caius Fabius - 05-28-2003

As I sit here on the north shore of the Black Sea, I have been eating with the local people, and many of their foods are still made and consumed in a style of pre-electric kitchens. The food combinations seem unusual, the preparation is often very primitive, but the outcome is excellent. Yes they do have some New World foods, but many of the recipes are very close to Apicius!<br>
On the other hand, Apicius was not writing down the common people's diet, but writing for those who had money and wanted to try different tastes. Cabbage and greens gets boring after a while! I must say that the lovely ladies here, who don't have much red meat, sugar, or colas in their diet, and who walk everywhere and eat lots of salads, have a very pleasing appearance.<br>
In the USA we are accustomed to going to the grocery and getting what we need, in Rome, you went to the market, to many many vendors and got what was in season, and available in your price range! I sometimes enjoy doing that here, but I do miss the supermarkets and my automobile! You can only buy as much food and stuff at one time as you can carry! That, along with the lack of freezers and refridgerators can really change your shopping habits! On the other hand, if you don't buy that item today, it may be unavailable tomorrow! Add those ideas into your thoughts of how Romans shopped for food! <p>"Just before class started, I looked in the big book where all the world's history is written, and it said...." Neil J. Hackett, PhD ancient history, professor OSU, 1987</p><i></i>


Re: food ingredients, distance and trade - richsc - 05-28-2003

You couldn't post any photos of the food or the recipes? That would be pretty interesting. <p></p><i></i>


Re: food ingredients, distance and trade - venicone - 05-29-2003

who cooks a la sally grainger books? <p><img src="http://www.ttforumfriends.com/images/forum/co.gif"/><br>
<br>
<span style="color:red;"><strong>[url=http://pub55.ezboard.com/btalkinghistory" target="top]Talking History Forum[/url]</strong></span></p><i></i>