Posted on 07/03/2016 8:14:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
How much was the tip back then?
And they are starved for a time to clean out their intestinal tract.
And they are starved for a time to clean out their intestinal tract.
Lattes, the home of the original Latte’ coffee, n’est pas?
Their meals took a while.
Eating snails is slow going.
Yes, I have seen guides on the internet on how to prepare snails for eating. You limit their diet for about 3 weeks—I’ve seen suggestions to feed them lettuce and corn meal—and then you starve them for a few days before preparing them for dinner.
I don’t think I can do that. I’d name them all within a couple of days of catching them. So I’ll let the French restaurants do the dirty work.
My pleasure!
The other day a friend and I were reflecting a little (again) on how much of the world's current diet and food preference has arisen since 1492, with the addition of corn, winter squash, tomato, peppers (sweet and hot), and of course the potato.
OTOH, while I love a good potato from time to time, but it isn't exactly a cure for boredom.
I don't think we humans have ever lived on a dull menu, or at least, not for long; the presence of pasta didn't rely on Asia, it was around the ancient Mediterranean; Roman pizza was more like those veggie pizzas that were in vogue about 20 years ago -- the 'sauce' was cheese and olive oil, toppings were olives, onions, fish (probably garum/liquamen fish sauce during Roman times; anchovies now), basil, etc.
Just since the Middle Ages a whole mess of stuff has fallen out of the European pantry (medlars for example, although still available, displaced by more convenient or cheaper substitutes). Apple varieties continue to be developed, but older varieties that used to be favorites have vanished from markets, and slowly but surely from orchards.
Around these parts, just in the past 150 years a bunch of available but seasonal native plant food sources have fallen out of use, just because we don't pay much attention to seasonal availability in the US, or what used to be a seasonal rise and fall in general abundance. It's irrelevant. Not only do we miss out on a lot of old food choices, we've, uh, altered the rotation of the Earth from sheer preponderance of us.
"Titus complained of the tax which Vespasian had imposed on the contents of the City urinals (used by the fullers to clean woollens). Vespasian handed him a coin which had been part of the first day's proceeds: 'Does it smell bad, my son?' he asked. 'No, Father!' 'That's odd: it comes straight from the urinal!'" [The Twelve Caesars by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, Translated by Robert Graves]
Not sure, but there were hookers, so I'm sure they had a schedule of fees.
Seems to have had an international flair with the Near East ovens.
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