They liked fish, oysters, lobster, eggs, poultry and pork. They seldom ate beef. And they did not know about potatoes or tomatoes. The Romans put a lot of condiments (佐料) in their food. They especially liked garum(鱼酱油). It was made from fish, salt and herbs(野菜). It could ...
Mutton and pork were more common,[2] despite Herodotus' affirmations that swine were held by the Egyptians to be unclean and avoided.[13] Poultry, both wild and domestic and fish were available to all but the most destitute. The alternative protein sources would rather have been legumes, egg...
Welcome to the final post in The World of An Altar of Indignities, the blog series in which we’ve explored some of the research that went into our latest dramatic and romantic comedy set in the Roman Empire. If you missed Part X on the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, you can read that by...
Ten or twelve years ago we wrote in Protein Power about the data contained in the vast amount of ancient Egyptian mummies. We pointed out that several
Marine birds produced eggs and meat resources. Also the Canadian goose.The collection of seafood in the intertidal zones was a common activity, in which mollusks, bivalves, crustaceans, and echinoderms of great size were collected.There are very dangerous red tides, which eliminate life and could...
Welcome to the final post in The World of An Altar of Indignities, the blog series in which we’ve explored some of the research that went into our latest dramatic and romantic comedy set in the Roman Empire. If you missed Part X on the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, you can read that by...
He asks Siwang to collect some plums, eggs and flour to make bait. Madam Foo here is praying for help. Luckily we're passing by. Heavens... Ah Cho, Ah Foo, please bless us. Auntie, what are you talking about? Ah, recently something strange happened in my family. I am asking our...
They liked fish, oysters, lobster, eggs,poultry and pork. They seldom ate beef. And they did not know about potatoes or tomatoes.The Romans put a lot of condiments(佐料) in their food. They especially liked garum(鱼酱油). It was made from fish, salt and herbs(野菜). It could be ...
Life and career Euripides(more) It is possible to reconstruct only the sketchiest biography of Euripides. His mother’s name was Cleito; his father’s name was Mnesarchus or Mnesarchides. One tradition states that his mother was a greengrocer who sold herbs in the marketplace. Aristophanes jo...