Ancient Greek food

[hoplite14gr]

As promished....

Food supplement by Filon Vyzantios
(1 kilogram(kg) = 1000 grams(gr) aproximately 2.2 pounds)

3.5 kg sesame
1300 gr honey
900 gr olive oil
900 gr almonds
1300 gr scilles (kind of green onion)

Clean well the scilles and make them paste with a cedar stick.
Mix this paste in the coocking pot with honey and olive oil.
Stir continuesly over low fire.
When it reaches the boiling point add sesame and almonds
Keep strirng in low fire and just before solidify make 100 gr bars
Issue two per day. One in the morning, one in the afternoon.
The product does not create thirst. Without the scilles and olive oil, survives in modern Greece under the name pasteli.

Homer in ODYSSY mentioned cured meats.
Epicharmos of Kos gives a recipy for making SALAMIS or SALAMIDA.
Says origin is Salmis of Cyprus. Did any body say salami?
Cold processes cured meats are mentioned in Aristophanes HIPPEIS(horsemen) under the term orya.
Plato in his Gialog Gorgias(518b) mentions "baker's manual" of Thearion of
Athens and "Pastry Manyal" of Xrysippos of Tyana.


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