🍞 What Did People Eat in Rome?
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- Bread was the staple food: Even poor Romans used "panis", simple wheat or barley bread, as their main meal.
- Wealthy households enjoyed a variety of foods, like fruit, vegetables, olives, meat, fish, and exotic spices.
- Garum, a spicy fish sauce, was a must at every meal.
- A typical meal had three parts: Gustatio (starter, e.g. eggs and olives), Cena (main course), and Secunda Mensa (dessert, often fruit or honey pastries).
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The poor often only had porridge made from grains and vegetables. Meat and fish were rare for them, sometimes they only had figs or beans. Anecdote: A well-known joke told of Lucius, who – out of thrift – poured water over his olives seven times until they were nearly tasteless.
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