June 9, 2006, Newsletter Issue #65: Roman Cuisine in the Republican Era
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Romans of the Republican Era were a sober people of frugal dietary habits: they usually had two meals a day, prandium and supper. The custom of a breakfast of cereal, honey, dried fruit and cheese was gradually introduced. For a long time the most widely consumed foods were boiled cereals (a kind of mush), legumes such as broad beans, lentils, chickpeas and lupins, vegetables of various types, bread and cake. The diet also included fish, game from the hunt (only eaten on festive days and there was no raising of livestock), milk, cheese and fruit.
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