12-04-2007, 05:02 PM
Quote:Paul, but I figure if you add enough spices it might be palatable! I would think it is a nutritious dish though, what with the minerals from the blood and the carbs from the barley. Perfect food for a Spartan warrior perhaps!
You're right, this would have been very nutritious. I remember seeing a special on gladiators that showed from an analysis of remains that their diet was mostly barley gruel. This left them more sumo than Swartzenegger where body fat percentages were concerned. We comonly think of Spartans as being lean, but this need not be the case. I'm not talking fat here, but solid, not ripped.
I'm sure the taste is subjective. I was in Japan last year and ate things that I would normally never touch! If it tastes "just like Momma used to make" its always good
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
