On Saturday, January 15, I will give you a glimpse into the diet of the rich and poor of Constantinople in Komninoi times (11th – 12th century AD). The menu includes, among others: ~ Condyto: a spiced wine ~ Rabbit…
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT: OLIVES CURED IN HONEY (GO SO WELL WITH SQUID)
“Geoponica” lists various methods for curing olives… My second olive -experiment was olives preserved in honey… in two types of honey, actually. 1 kilo of almost ripe olives was cured in thyme honey and 400 grams were stored in “bitter” monofloral honey of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo). No aromatic seeds…
A FULL MOON DINNER
What happens when 1 Archaeovotanologist, 1 Archaeosteopathologist, 1 Prehistoric Archaeologist and me, decided to prepare a dinner in the spirit of creative anachronism on the 18th of July full moon? Well, we used our knowledge of historical and traditional…