Roman food...?

Question

Im going to creat a menu of roman food for my social studies class,Can anyone tell me some traditional roman food

thanx

Answer 1

The main staple of Roman food was bread.  It depends.  The lower classes in Roman culture didn't have much of a selection.  The richer, upper classes had access to expensive ingredients and spices.  Here is a partial list of foods that the Romans had:

Carrots

Parsnips

Onions

Lamb

Lentils

Honey

Spelt

Celery

Answer 2

Olives

Grapes

Bread (I believe the romans actually put CHALK in their bread dough at one time, but I don't know why)

Cheese

dried ham

Answer 3

Roasted pine nuts.

Flat bread with honey.

Answer 4

Pizza and Spagheti! lol

Answer 5

An interesting side note is that they also made "Garum" or roman fish sauce.  It was the basic seasoning used in much of their cooking and also used as a condiment.  A good example of it is the use of fish sauce or "nuoc mam" in vietnamese and thai cooking.  It adds a subtle flavor but really stinks by itself!