04-17-2018, 05:18 AM
Ave Civitas,
Lots of articles on food, ingredients, and even utensils, but I can't find much on dinnerware.
In A. Croom's book "Running the Roman Home" she writes about cleaning the dinnerware after meals, Wood, clay, silver, glass dinnerware was mentioned, but there is not description of what was washed, no description of shapes and sizes.
I would imagine soups was served in bowls. But were they more like soup plates or were they soup bowls.
And how about solids, like beans, roasted meats, or bread. The servers may bring them out on platters, and Croom has images of slaves cleaning serving trays, but how large and what shape were the dinnerware the diners ate on?
As always, thanks in advance.
Tom
Lots of articles on food, ingredients, and even utensils, but I can't find much on dinnerware.
In A. Croom's book "Running the Roman Home" she writes about cleaning the dinnerware after meals, Wood, clay, silver, glass dinnerware was mentioned, but there is not description of what was washed, no description of shapes and sizes.
I would imagine soups was served in bowls. But were they more like soup plates or were they soup bowls.
And how about solids, like beans, roasted meats, or bread. The servers may bring them out on platters, and Croom has images of slaves cleaning serving trays, but how large and what shape were the dinnerware the diners ate on?
As always, thanks in advance.
Tom
AKA Tom Chelmowski
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
