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The Roman colonies provided many foods to Rome; the city received ham from Belgium, oysters from Brittany, garum from Mauretania, wild game from Tunisia, silphium (laser) from Cyrenaica, flowers from Egypt, lettuce from Cappadocia, and fish from Pontus. [7] The ancient Roman diet included many items that are staples of modern Italian cooking.
A bread stall, from a Pompeiian wall painting. Most people would have consumed at least 70 percent of their daily calories in the form of cereals and legumes. [1] Grains included several varieties of wheat—emmer, rivet wheat, einkorn, spelt, and common wheat (Triticum aestivum) [2] —as well as the less desirable barley, millet, and oats.
The Romans would catch dormice from the wild in autumn when they were fattest. [42] The dormice were kept and raised either in large pits or (in less spacious urban surroundings) in terra cotta containers, gliraria, [43] similar to contemporary hamster cages. They fed these captive dormice walnuts, chestnuts, and acorns for fattening.
Fish sauce, see garum; French toast, earliest reference appears in 1st century Rome; Forcemeat [30] Garum – Phoenicia, [31] ancient Greece (where it was known as γάρος) and the Roman Empire, known from before Pompeii's destruction in 79 CE. [32] [33] Ham – dry-cured ham has been produced since ancient times. [34] [35] [36]
An exploration of ancient sewers beneath the Colosseum, the world’s most recognizable stadium, revealed the kinds of food spectators snacked on in the stands and the animals that met their fate ...
Relief depicting a Gallo-Roman harvester. Roman agriculture describes the farming practices of ancient Rome, during a period of over 1000 years.From humble beginnings, the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) expanded to rule much of Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East and thus comprised many agricultural environments of which the Mediterranean climate ...
2. Corn Dogs. If you're an American and you've been to a county fair, local festival, or even the freezer aisle at your favorite grocery store, you probably look at corn dogs without a raised brow.
Louisville dining menus in the late 1800s. Hotels were popular venues for banquets and a surviving menu from one at Louisville Hotel in 1872 gives some idea what people could tuck into in the era ...