04-18-2015, 03:44 AM
Some form or species of pepper was used in Roman cooking, to the point that it was one of the three commodities required by Alaric when he lifted the blockade of Rome in 408. Obviously an expensive item. I would think the Romans also used salt mills to grind the coarse Trapani product.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb