| Numerius was a slave and ate one meal a
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| | For the entree, a whole pig was cooked
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| day consisting of gruel
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| | and swordsmen cut indivdual pieces for
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| made with cracked wheat.While Spurius a
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| | the diners.
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| plebian purchased his
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| | After the main meal, dessert was served
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| meals from street vendors,food shops and
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| | in another dining area where the wine
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| taverns located near
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| | flowed like water. All types of fruit was
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| large public buildings and bathhouses.
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| | offered by the slaves. Poppy seeds mixed
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| Marius a patrician and a
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| | with honey as well as sweet cakes mixed
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| member of the Roman senate had the means
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| | with honey, nuts and chopped fruits were
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| and the influence to
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| | a special treat.Pork Roast With Prunes,
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| enjoy his meals that were cooked and
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| | Apricots and Figs
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| served by slaves in one of
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| | 3 or 4 lb lean pork roast, with a slit
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| two spacious dining areas within his
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| | cut into the side of it
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| home. Quintus a freedman lived in the
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| | 1/2-cup dry prunes, apricots and figs,
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| country where he grew vegetables and
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| | chopped
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| raised some
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| | 1-Tlb cooking oil
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| livestock for an absentee owner. He and
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| | 1/4-tsp salt
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| his family ate fresh produce, mashed
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| | 1/4-cup honey
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| beans, bacon and cheese that were cooked
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| | 1/2-cup waterDirections: Have the
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| with
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| | butcher cut a slit or a pocket into the
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| fresh herbs, olive oil and
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| | side
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| salt.Breakfast was not much of a meal and
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| | of the pork roast.In a sauce pan add the
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| it consisted of a cracked
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| | dried fruit, the honey and the water.
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| wheat porridge or bread dipped in wine
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| | Simmer the dried fruit until tender.
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| that was mixed with honey
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| | Stuff the cooked fruit into the slit of
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| and water. Depending upon one's status,
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| | the pork roast and tie it with a
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| dates or olives were included.Cracked
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| | string. Rub the salt on both sides of
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| Wheat Porridge1-cup Bulgar wheat, crushed
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| | the pork roast. In a skillet, heat the
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| 2-cups water
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| | cooking oil and sear both sides of the
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| 4-Tlbs. olive oil
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| | pork roast Transfer it to a crock pot
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| 1-tsp. saltDirections: In a skillet,
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| | cooking for four hours on high and then
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| heat the olive oil and stir in the Bulgar
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| | turn it down to low four more hours. Test
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| wheat until it is well coated with the
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| | the done
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| olive oil. Remove
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| | pork roast with a meat fork to make sure
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| from heat and add the water and the
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| | it is cooked through.
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| salt. Drizzle some honey
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| | The beverage of choice was Mulsum. Warm
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| in the porridge for added sweetness.
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| | one-half cup of honey and add it to a
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| Serve with some fresh figs,
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| | bottle of Maderia dry white wine. Serve
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| dates or dried apricots.Lunch was the
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| | it chilled.As soon as the sun went down,
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| midmeal of the day. For the majority of
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| | Quintus a freedman walked from the
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| the Roman
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| | fields to his home where his wife and
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| citizens, it was either purchased from
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| | daughters were preparing fresh vegetables
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| the street vendors or food shops and
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| | and a whole chicken stuffed with fresh
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| taken home to enjoy. Plebians and
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| | herbs.
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| freedmen
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| | Their gardens produced fresh vegetables
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| ate bread, fruit, cheese or leftovers
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| | and they raised chickens
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| from last nights supper.
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| | and pigs. Quintus had a small vineyard
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| Marius like the other patricians ate his
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| | where he grew the grapes for his own
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| lunch at home or purchased his food from
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| | wine. Tonight, they were making his
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| the street vendors. Dinner was served
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| | favorite soup of
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| late in the afternoon and it was the
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| | broad beans that were mashed and
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| main meal of the day.
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| | seasoned with herbs,bacon
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| The plebians and the freedmen ate their
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| | and small chunks of cheese.Broad Bean
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| dinners at the taverns.
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| | Soup
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| The food was plentiful and the
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| | 2-cups of small pasta, cooked
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| ingredients were fresh. Wine was
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| | 3-cups of broad beans,peeled
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| diluted with honey and some water and
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| | 1-cup of bacon, precooked
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| served at every meal.Grilled Sardines
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| | 1-onion,chopped
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| with Garum
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| | 1/2-can tomato sauce
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| 8-whole sardines, grilled
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| | 1/4-tsp pepper
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| 4-cups grape juice
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| | 1/4-teaspoon sea saltDirections: In a
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| 2-Tlbs. anchovy paste
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| | soup pot or a dutch oven, saute the bacon
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| 1/4-tsp. oreganoDirections: Cook the
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| | and when it is almost done add the
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| grape juice until it is reduced down ot
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| | chopped onion and the tomato sauce.Add
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| one-tenth of its volume. Mix in the
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| | the peeled broad beans and the salt.Cover
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| anchovy paste and the oregano to the
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| | the beans with cold water. Simmer on
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| reduced down liquid. Grill the sardines
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| | medium low until the beans are tender. If
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| and pour a portion of
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| | they are dense after they are done
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| the garum sauce over them. Serve with
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| | cooking add more water. Pour in the
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| some flat bread, ripe cheese and
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| | cooked pasta.Let the soup cool and serve
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| olives.After a long day at the forum,
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| | it with lots of pepper and pecorino
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| Marius a Roman senator arrived at
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| | cheese.Serve with a piece of flat bread
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| his spacious home where he was greeted
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| | and some olives.1. Social Position And
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| by slaves. He joined his
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| | Food Of The Roman Empire. Jean Preston,
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| family and guests in the dining area
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| | Dr. Christian Renaud. December 2,1997.
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| where appetizers were being
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| | 2.Essay sample on: Ancient Roman Meals
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| served from a bronzed donkey. Everyone
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| | And Eating Habits.
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| took individual portions of hot sausages,
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| | 3. Broad Bean Soup Recipe. love for
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| dishes of olives, crabs, figs, bacon and
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| | ancient history, the author has studied
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| tomatoes eating them with their hands.
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| | some Philosophy and History.
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