CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jewish Cuisine, Silphium, Fermented Fish

• School: Boston University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CAS CL 102
• Professor: James Uden

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3-the food of wealthy romans: appetizer, main course, dessert. 1-the food of the roman poor: grains (particularly wheat) Dangers of malnutrition (lots of calories and carbs, not enough protein and iron) Menstruation happened later because of the malnutrition (most of the roman girls didn"t have a healthy child until 18) b) bread. Grinding grain is a daily activity c) vegetables (particularly turnips, beans, cabbage) d) meat eaten rarely. *emperor gives the folks a certain amount of grain. *everyone in the roman world drank wine (sort of essential like our water) *had different grades: falernian (wealthy romans), mulsum (everyday roman- sweet honey wine mixture), lora (slaves-worst quality, vinegary substance, made of only the skins of grapes) 3-the food of wealthy romans: appetizers-carbonized food, eggs, figs (ex. Concicla commodiana: main course (romans ate a lot of pork, pigeons, flamingos, parrots, deer, peacock , dessert (any roman banquet ended with fruits, pudding, cheese)