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The Romans only ate things that they could kill or grow, things such as vegetables, bread and meat. Romans only had three meals a day p, breakfast, lunch and dinner. They always thought of dinner as the main meal so they would always wheat the most then. What you could eat is listed on what class you are, if you were a poor person or a slave then you could only have things such as vegetable and tasteless porridge, if you were rich and wealthy then you could have several course meals and wine.
dinner parties
Rich people would normally hold dinner parties which was a way to show off their house and it would last for about eight hours. Romans did not sit on chair around the table instead adults would sit on sloping couches and slave or young children would sit on the floor. The Romans love to eat food with their fingers so the food is cut into bite sized pieces, slaves throughout the party would continually wash the guests' hands to make sure it stayed clean.
BreakFast, lunch, dinner
breakfast or jentaculum was taken to the master's bedroom by slaves, the food consisted of sliced bread and white pancake normally eaten with dates and honey.
Lunch or prandium is eaten at 11:00 am and contained light bread, cheese and meat. They slowly build up to eat dinner.
Cena (dinner) is the main meal of the day, if you had no guests coming or it would take one hour to prepare but if you had guests coming over then it could take up to four hours.
After having dinner a light supper is eaten before going to bed this was some bread and vegetables, the Romans were not really big meat eaters.
Lunch or prandium is eaten at 11:00 am and contained light bread, cheese and meat. They slowly build up to eat dinner.
Cena (dinner) is the main meal of the day, if you had no guests coming or it would take one hour to prepare but if you had guests coming over then it could take up to four hours.
After having dinner a light supper is eaten before going to bed this was some bread and vegetables, the Romans were not really big meat eaters.
Banquest and sauce
A rich man's banquet was always the best anything expensive would be served and each meal was served with sauce. The Romans seem to like their sauce as the cook could make an exciting dish with it. One favourite is garum, this is made by mixing wasted fish and salt water together, leaving it for serval weeks before being about to use it. Garum is a salty and highly flavoured sauce, sauce made from vinegar, honey and pepper were highly popular as well. A sign of a good banquette is when someone ask to take a bag home of the food they enjoyed this meant the cook had some courses that were well cooked, most of the food was either boiled or fried using olive oil. Somethings were roasted by it was rare.