Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome 9781500781743 Books
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The name "Apicius" had long been associated with excessively refined love of food, from the habits of an early bearer of the name, Marcus Gavius Apicius, a Roman gourmet and lover of refined luxury who lived sometime in the 1st century CE, during the reign of Tiberius. He is sometimes erroneously asserted to be the author of the book that is pseudepigraphically attributed to him.
Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome 9781500781743 Books
I have long held the notion that food in Imperial Rome was heavily spiced and made with the finest and most expensive of ingredients, as befitting the most expansive Empire in the World. Apparently, I was wrong. The entire first section of the cookbook (beginning at locations 1022-27 - prior to this is historical dissertation) describes multiple ways to mask rotten food or broths, so that people will eat them anyway without realizing they've gone bad, and recipes for various drinks to cure their ills after eating the rotten food! I was interested in attempting the Rose Wine until reading the footnote following the recipe - "Used principally as a laxative medicine. List. These wines compounded of roses and violets move the bowels strongly." I subsequently decided against serving this at my next dinner party.Other recipes appear tasty and rather doable - if one is not at all familiar with old cookbooks, I might recommend "the forme of cury" first, for practice at amount guesstimations and ingredient substitutions, but this seems like it will be fun. Cheers, and go light on the rose wine! :D
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Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome 9781500781743 Books Reviews
one of the better books i've purchased. well worth the cost
It's somewhat boring as a book to read through, but as a free classic, what do you have to lose? I thought it was fascinating to read the meals people consumed in this historical period. The forward from the translator, though, is quite offensive at one point on the issue of Roman slaves, but sadly that was the perspective of the time(s).
The poor formatting makes trying to sift through the recipes nigh impossible. To top that off, the firs 2/3 of the book is the author patting himself on the back for translating this. Utterly annoying and a waste of time.
I haven't cooked anything from it yet. It came to my and it was pretty good. I will try something I am sure perhaps but I like it because of its historical value. It wasn't that expensive so why not buy it and have it in case want to do something special or a themed party?
How times doth changeth! Sadly, adding "th" to the ends of words is insufficient to take us back all the way to ancient Rome. But food? That really shows you how people lived in the Good Old Days. I always say that, if time travel existed, and some ancient was brought to our era, he/she wouldn't give a toss about television, airplanes, space travel, cars, or the Internet -- the supermarket would be the only thing they'd care about, and this text proves my point -)
Its cool just to have but you will have a difficult time trying to recreate any of the recipes from this book since it is translated primarily for academic reasons and not for actual cooking. Look for a book called "Cooking Apicious"
Education in good taste. For some this could be dry, but I enjoyed just about every morsel. Interesting, but challenging, I enjoyed finding the origins of dishes today and some that thankfully didn't make it, such as dormouse. Vermacelli; little worms, it's going to be hard to look at a plate of spaghetti without thinking about that. Some of the recipes could be a preppers delight. The recipes are frugal using everything from the rooter to the tooter.
I have long held the notion that food in Imperial Rome was heavily spiced and made with the finest and most expensive of ingredients, as befitting the most expansive Empire in the World. Apparently, I was wrong. The entire first section of the cookbook (beginning at locations 1022-27 - prior to this is historical dissertation) describes multiple ways to mask rotten food or broths, so that people will eat them anyway without realizing they've gone bad, and recipes for various drinks to cure their ills after eating the rotten food! I was interested in attempting the Rose Wine until reading the footnote following the recipe - "Used principally as a laxative medicine. List. These wines compounded of roses and violets move the bowels strongly." I subsequently decided against serving this at my next dinner party.
Other recipes appear tasty and rather doable - if one is not at all familiar with old cookbooks, I might recommend "the forme of cury" first, for practice at amount guesstimations and ingredient substitutions, but this seems like it will be fun. Cheers, and go light on the rose wine! D
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