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Offline GMoneti

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Re: Ancient Romans preferred fast food?
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2007, 02:02:30 pm »
Nice barbeque, though I think it is something more like a brazier, hence the elaborate decoration.   

Here is a picture of a "fast food" shop in Pompeii.  The holes on the counter supposedly contained pots with food and drinks.  I bet the food contained way less calories than today's fast food places.  I would assume (out of the blue) that the average Roman's daily calorie intake was around 1000.  This excludes those Romans who had feasting as their career of course.
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Re: Ancient Romans preferred fast food?
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2007, 06:20:17 pm »
Remember that at-home cooking for the working classes was as limited as a hot plate in a dorm room, and less convenient or safe.  This was true in Mediterranean villages until very recently, too.  Pat L.

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Re: Ancient Romans preferred fast food?
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2007, 07:53:13 pm »
I've read that most people living in the insulae (especially on the upper floors) did not cook in their homes due to fire hazard.  I am not sure if it was forbidden by law, but some did and fires started. 
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Re: Ancient Romans preferred fast food?
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2007, 12:09:52 pm »
Fast Food I was thinking gazells and antelopes.  OOPS
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Offline Danille R

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Re: Ancient Romans preferred fast food?
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2021, 12:33:28 pm »
What do you think Romans preffered to drink? Tea

 

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