09-12-2007, 10:40 PM
Hi Wes,
During an event I strive to be as authentic as possible, with my tent, my bedding and of course my food.
During the day I set up a wicker basket in my tent with food I can nibble at, it usuallu contains: fresh baked bread (spelt flour), oatmeal crackers, German pepper sausage (the Romans loved pepper, the army marched on pork), apple-wood smoked cheese, apples. I can't justify anything else.
In the evening I always cook an authentic soldier's meal, for more detail I recommend my book (sorry!) The Last Legionary, but essentially I limit it to spicy lentils, beef patties, chickem frontiniarum, barbequed livers and onions, or to prawn fritters.... simple camp food.
During an event I strive to be as authentic as possible, with my tent, my bedding and of course my food.
During the day I set up a wicker basket in my tent with food I can nibble at, it usuallu contains: fresh baked bread (spelt flour), oatmeal crackers, German pepper sausage (the Romans loved pepper, the army marched on pork), apple-wood smoked cheese, apples. I can't justify anything else.
In the evening I always cook an authentic soldier's meal, for more detail I recommend my book (sorry!) The Last Legionary, but essentially I limit it to spicy lentils, beef patties, chickem frontiniarum, barbequed livers and onions, or to prawn fritters.... simple camp food.
~ Paul Elliott
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.