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Gourmets of Antiquity The Roman Banquet Taken from: Great Ages of Man, Imperial Rome by Moses Hadas & The editors of Time Life Books The Roman banquet included everything from raw fish and crustaceans to the exotic specialties listed on the menu below, taken from a cookbood of Apicius. The affair usually lasted through the night. Entertainment was provided by dancers, musicians, acrobats and poets. GUSTATIO Jellyfish and eggs Sow's udders stuffed with milk and eggs Boiled tree fungi w/ peppered fish-fat sauce Sea urchins with spices, oil and egg sauce PRIMAE MENSAE Fallow deer roasted w/ onion sauce, rue Jericho dates, raisins oil and honey Boiled ostrich w/ sweet sauce Turtle dove boiled in its feathers Roast parrot Dormice stuffed w/ pork and pine kernels Ham boiled with figs and bay leaves, rubbed with honey, baked in bastry crust Flamingo boiled w/ dates SECUNDAE Fricassee of roses w/ pastry Stoned dates stuffed w/ nuts and pine kernels, fried in honey Hot African sweet-wine cakes with honey

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