Countdown: Best Treats of the Ancient World
4. Puls This one makes it on the list purely because of its importance and frequent consumption in the everyday lives of the Romans. Basically ancient oatmeal, except not even with maple syrup or brown sugar.
3. Fruit Okay, I mean it's decently delicious , it's what the Romans actually had for dessert, but like really? You can just pick it off a tree. Kind of meh.
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2. Flamingo For the corrupt emperor of discerning taste, nothing says "I'm so rich that I imported this bird from the edges of my empire" like this pink beauty.
1. Garum YES! This is what we are here for, folks. This fermented fish sauce is the real reason the Romans could conquer the Mediterranean. So special. So fishy. So fermented.
*chef's kiss*