Pasta didn’t arrive until the 12th century. What the heck were the Italians eating before then?
Omelets, French toast, thrush (ortolans), cranes, ducks, peacocks, oysters, sea urchins, capons (to get around the grain laws), laser, pigs, lamb, goat, beef was available after a public sacrifice of a bovine, ...
“Pasta didn’t arrive until the 12th century. What the heck were the Italians eating before then?”
Losing gladiators?