Ancient pepper different from today

[guy]

In this short, Max describes the difference between  modern pepper and Roman pepper
 

 

Edited February 2 by guy

[guy]

Here is an interesting article on pepper in the ancient world:

 

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While the Greeks employed pepper and spices in wine, they were sparing in its use in food. In large part, pepper appears in ancient Greek food only when its presence is deemed medically beneficial.

 

The Romans, on the other hand, adored spicing up their food. Pepper is called for in 75 percent of the 468 recipes found in the one-of-a-kind Roman period cookbook Apicius, where the spice is featured in sauces, roasted pork and hare, vegetable purees and mulled wines.

The poet Martial remarks on the habitual use of pepper in even the most basic of Roman dishes, saying, “Oh, with the insipid beet, the luncheon of laborers, how often the cook looks to pepper and wine.”

 

 

https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2019/may/pepper-rome-ancient.html

 

Edited January 29 by guy