Thursday, July 23, 2020

Tumblr Thread: Ancient Roman Diners Drive-Ins and Dives


All throughout history, people have needed a quick place to eat. Here's a way too thorough look at what Ancient Roman fast food looked like. Tumblr has some fun history threads, like how mundane people are important to history or these Tumblr gems of a historical persuasion.

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Text - extrajordinary Follow Some of the restaurants were of the "fast food" variety, where a customer could eat in or purchase a meal "to go." Some were even designed in such a way that customers could obtain meals without leaving their wag- ons or entering the restaurant at all, the prototype of "drive-through" service. GUYS. THERE WAS DRIVE-THROUGH IN ANCIENT ROME. FINDING OUT THIS ALONE IS WORTH THE COST OF MY MASTERS IN HISTORY. [From Daily Life of the Ancient Romans by David Matz] thatdang

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Text - A petermorwood Follow TL;DR - Yes, Ancient Roman cities had fast food outlets; No, they didn't have drive-throughs because most vehicles were prohibited except when making deliveries at set times . You just tagged me, and it pushed so many buttons, because our research for "Games" (optioned twice so far, though not produced either time) showed us that when it comes to comparing Ancient Roman eating habits with now - and particularly the US - the similarities are remarkable. The usual name

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Text - We don't know if Roman bakers produced small loaves - what we'd know as buns - for the sausages and burgers; it's more likely that if eaten modern-style, they'd be seasoned with pepper and a dash of garum, then rolled in a flatbread wrap or put into a split section of the standard Roman panis quadratus loaf, like these on a Pompeii fresco...

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Food - .or this actual loaf, somewhat overbaked by Mount Vesuvius.

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Text - As mentioned before, there was no ketchup, but there were several kinds of mustard from mild to pungent, including ones made with water, wine, vinegar, honey and of course garum. The Romans didn't have popcorn (like tomatoes, maize was still an Atlantic Ocean away) but roasted crunchy chickpeas - in new leek’n'garum flavour! - were a direct equivalent. Some of what follows is known historical fact; some of the rest is logical extrapolation from research for our "Games" project.

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