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My First Roman Feast
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I was so inspired by Hibernicus's photos of his Roman food (thread: http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=20263 ) that I decided to make something similiar at home!

For the mackerel, I preheated the oven at 350 degrees, stuffed the fishes with grape tomatoes, leeks, onions, and parsley, with olive oil and salt/pepper. The remaining stuffing I laid all around the fishes. Then drizzled everything with olive oil. Baked for about 25 minutes.

The side dish was apples and leeks cooked with honey (I was less sure of this one, so I guessed). Cut the apples, chopped the leeks. Add a small amount of water to the pot. Wait for boil. Cook the apples til slightly tender, add the leeks. Drain a bit. Add whatever amount of honey you like, to your taste. Stir. Cover pot. Set cooker on low and let stew for about 10 minutes. Don't let the apples get mushy!

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Looks great! In which Roman recipe did you find the tomatoes?
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Quote:Looks great! In which Roman recipe did you find the tomatoes?

They are found in the little known 'Liber de Coquinaria Vulgus' where they are mentioned as 'pomi rubri de insulis Hesperiis'. Also our source for 'isicia caseata intra Alexandrinum panis' and 'salsa de rubris pomis vulgariter catsup vocatur'. A very popular cookbook among the Roman reenactment crowd.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: - very droll, Volker! Big Grin
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#5
Let me know if you live near Barrie next time you cook and I will help you devour the repaste!

Looks great!!

Brian
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Thanks all! Big Grin lolSmile. We also ate some pita bread with the meal. I would have baked some Roman bread myself, but I still need practice with the baking!

In the future I'd like to purchase some nice roman clay dinnerware and oil lamps so that everything looks more authentic.

Quote:Let me know if you live near Barrie next time you cook and I will help you devour the repaste!
Brian

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Wow, nice dish!

I was under the impression that tomatoes are native to south/central america and were only spread to europe after the spaniards arrival though?
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Quote:Wow, nice dish!

I was under the impression that tomatoes are native to south/central america and were only spread to europe after the spaniards arrival though?

You are correct, they are from south America ... I use them only because I thought they would taste good with the leeks (they did). Well, I never said the dish was historically accurate, :lol: Wink
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MARCVS PETRONIVS MAIVS:4gsxrtpb Wrote:Wow, nice dish!

I was under the impression that tomatoes are native to south/central america and were only spread to europe after the spaniards arrival though?

You are correct, they are from south America ... I use them only because I thought they would taste good with the leeks (they did). Well, I never said the dish was historically accurate, :lol: Wink

Ah yes off course, the dish does look very tasty, I was just confused as Volker mentioned this recipe book:

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caiustarquitius:4gsxrtpb Wrote:Looks great! In which Roman recipe did you find the tomatoes?

They are found in the little known 'Liber de Coquinaria Vulgus' where they are mentioned as 'pomi rubri de insulis Hesperiis'. Also our source for 'isicia caseata intra Alexandrinum panis' and 'salsa de rubris pomis vulgariter catsup vocatur'. A very popular cookbook among the Roman reenactment crowd.

And I was wondering if that was from roman times or post-columbus times...
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Quote:I was so inspired by Hibernicus's photos of his Roman food (thread: http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=20263 ) that I decided to make something similiar at home!

For the mackerel, I preheated the oven at 350 degrees, stuffed the fishes with grape tomatoes, leeks, onions, and parsley, with olive oil and salt/pepper. The remaining stuffing I laid all around the fishes. Then drizzled everything with olive oil. Baked for about 25 minutes.

The side dish was apples and leeks cooked with honey (I was less sure of this one, so I guessed). Cut the apples, chopped the leeks. Add a small amount of water to the pot. Wait for boil. Cook the apples til slightly tender, add the leeks. Drain a bit. Add whatever amount of honey you like, to your taste. Stir. Cover pot. Set cooker on low and let stew for about 10 minutes. Don't let the apples get mushy!

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Sounds AWESOME, now where a bouts do you really live, are you part of
one of the groups in the Welland or Niagara regions? Which one? :oops:
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Thanks for having patience with me...
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