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APICIUS and ROMAN TIMES - Coggle Diagram
APICIUS and ROMAN TIMES
25BC-37 AC "
De re coquinaria
"
vague directions
(professionals, secrecy)
disguise food
fashion
surprise
cover the taste
cheaper food
titles and
Greek
words> influence
CONVIVIUM
convivio
convivere
cum+vivere=living together
EATING
Ientaculum
(breakfast)
cena
12:00
increased
later: 3:00 PM
Prandium: even 3h, important decisions
vesperna
no more when cena increased
COMISSATIO
similar to Symposium
vestis cenatoria: white/green/lylac
triclinium
offering
to Lares (spirit of the house)
meat, cake, wine
ROMAN CUISINE
Sources
Pompei (YES)
Satirists & Moralists (NO)
less meat more veg/legumes
mixing different tastes
expensive material <> cheap labor
good dinner for few
no gas/electricity/refrigeration
beautiful utensils
sobriety<>gluttony
GARUM