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Dispelling Some Myths: Gladiators
Gladiators were the sporting heroes of the ancient world. The archaeological record shows them celebrated in everything from mosaics to...
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Jun 16, 2020
Stone Age Barbecue
In the summer of 2015 archaeologists from the University of Edinburgh attempted to recreate a style of Stone Age cooking based on their...
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Jun 16, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Pheasants
The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is native to Asia but has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. Their original range...
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Jun 16, 2020
Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in China?
Every so often, over the last decade at least, our modern-day bards, the media, regurgitate a story about 'European-looking' people in...
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Jun 16, 2020
A Brief History of Food: More Tea?
As costumed re-enactors know only too well there are occasions, especially in the height of yet another glorious British summer, when...
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Jun 16, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Salt
Salt is a chemical compound of sodium and chloride (NaCl) and is an essential nutrient, the amount of which in the diet has a direct...
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Jun 16, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Broccoli
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea italic) is a cultivar of wild cabbage, which originated along the northern and western coasts of the...
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Jun 16, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Strawberries
With the first week of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club's Championship in Wimbledon all but over, it got us thinking about...
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Jun 16, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Chocolate
Cacao seeds (Theobroma cacao), from which chocolate is derived, has been cultivated by many cultures in Mesoamerica for at least three...
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Jun 16, 2020
Roman Burgers on Hadrian's Wall
An interesting and somewhat challenging day. After a 5 am start, we drove North through squally showers to spend the day at Birdoswald...
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Jun 16, 2020
Roman Cooking al Fresco
The Latin term 'craticula' is a diminutive form of 'crates' used to mean a gridiron (Martial, 14.221) [1], the bars of which give it the...
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Jun 16, 2020
Dispelling Some Myths: Edible Dormouse anyone?
All Romans ate dormice didn't they? You may have been told that in school, and it's still a popular and persistent belief, but it's...
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Jun 16, 2020
George the "Saintly" pork salesman?
Cry "God for Harry! England and Saint George!" Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1. April 23rd, Saint George's Day Depending on who you...
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Jun 12, 2020
A Brief History of Food: The Tomato
The tomato is the edible, often red fruit/berry of the nightshade Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant. The species...
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Jun 12, 2020
A Brief History of Food: The Carrot
The wild carrot (Daucus carota [1]) is a root vegetable now native in Europe and southwestern Asia. It most likely originated in Persia,...
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Jun 12, 2020
A Brief History of Food: The Potato
Cultivated potatoes all belong to one botanical species, Solanum tuberosum, but this includes hundreds, if not thousands, of different...
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Jun 12, 2020
Kew on a Plate
Back in 2015 BBC Two's re-ran its series 'Kew on a Plate' presented by Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. They had spent the year at Kew...
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Jun 12, 2020
Ostrich Egg in a Pine Kernel Sauce
One of the tasty recipes drawn from Apicius is for 'soft eggs in a pine kernel sauce' (Apicius 7.13.3). Should you wish to reproduce this...
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Jun 10, 2020
First Rabbits in Britain
In April 2005 David Sapsted, writing for The Telegraph newspaper, reported that: 'Years of division among academics over whether the...
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Jun 10, 2020
Introducing Tastes Of History
Welcome to Tastes Of History's Blog where we intend to share our historical research and especially the recipes we re-create from...
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