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 in wine and spikenard sauce
~ Pork in vinegar and honey sauce
~ Fava made with black eyed beans
~Capers in honey-vinegar sauce
~Olives served with sinapis
~ Braised endives served with olive oil and garos (fish sauce)
~ Silignites, the whitest wheat bread
~Pita-bread baked on hot stone
~ Rice and honey pudding
~Quince sweet spoon
~Almond sherbet







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