04-29-2007, 11:43 AM
I am sure I remember seeing an article about Romans and pasta...and a reconstructed Roman pasta making machine... :?
The mixture of wheat flour, water and salt fried in oil, Aurelia mentioned, is also an Asian Indian recipe, I have made it on quite a few occasions....can't think what it is called.
I make rosemary 'bread' from flour, water, olive oil and rosemary (salt to taste)...cooked either in the oven or microwave...it is delicious and tastes lovely with honey too.
Romans on the march or in an impending battle situation, would want simple and easy to prepare food, rolling flour and water/egg into a few balls or strips and dropping them into a pan of water or oil...gives a quick filling snack, that could be eaten cold later and it is more than likely that pasta evolved from some of these being mixed in with a stew, to bulk it out.
The mixture of wheat flour, water and salt fried in oil, Aurelia mentioned, is also an Asian Indian recipe, I have made it on quite a few occasions....can't think what it is called.
I make rosemary 'bread' from flour, water, olive oil and rosemary (salt to taste)...cooked either in the oven or microwave...it is delicious and tastes lovely with honey too.
Romans on the march or in an impending battle situation, would want simple and easy to prepare food, rolling flour and water/egg into a few balls or strips and dropping them into a pan of water or oil...gives a quick filling snack, that could be eaten cold later and it is more than likely that pasta evolved from some of these being mixed in with a stew, to bulk it out.
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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