A Roman family picnic.

Rachel021967

We're taking our daughter and her friend to a Roman Day at the museum and I thought it would be fun to have a Roman Picnic. All I know about Roman cookery is olives, wine and stuffed dormouse.
Can anybody help?

Rachel

patchwork_cat

Don't do the dormouse, I doubt your daughter would be impressed!http://www.therthdimension.org/AncientRome/RomanFoodDrink/romanfooddrink.htm I seem to remember my daughter making biscuits or something, I will ask her when she come home, if she remembers! Google roman recipes.

Icey77

Hahaha, I'm now thinking Life of Brian ... Wolf Nipple Chips, Dromedary Pretzels, Jaguar Ear Lobes, Tuscany Fried Bat and Otter Noses. Get 'em while they're hot!!!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Seakay

when a recipe calls for garum then the Thai sauce Num Pla is a good substitute.
Apicus wrote down a great many recipes and his book has been translated and should be available from your library, and if you Google Roman food recipes you'll find a lot online.

Here's what one junior school did for a Roman picnic:
http://www.st-marys-shaftesbury.co.uk/index.php?/junior-school-roman-picnic-2009

Rachel021967

Thanks for the links. I love the St Mary's school link. Given me plenty of ideas for food and costume.

Bronnie

Stuffed dormouse is delicious. I use a stuffing mixture of sausagemeat, some ground mix nuts, garlic and breadcrumbs, drizzled with oil. Simmer in a broth or roast.

ladylouise62

On a very basic level, the Romans brought lots of foods to the UK e.g carrots, grapes, pears, Peas, cabbage and even that very English fruit, the apple. Ooh, and not to forget onion and garlic, walnuts, rosemary, basil, mint, and probably also rabbit. I don't know much about the actual way of cooking, though.

I wouldn't suggest the habit of throwing up at the picnic, though ;-)

Broomstick

There might be some fun non-food related stuff of interest on the Minimus pages (Minimus is a primary-aged Latin scheme) http://www.minimus-etc.co.uk/

You could always make white sugar mice and decorate them with food colouring to look a bit more realistic.:D

http://www.sussexpast.co.uk/property/page.php?sp_page_id=141&page_link_id=230
has a very sumptuous feast with recipes (rather OTT for a picnic) but the dates look like possible picnic food as do the chick pea fritters.

HTH
B x

Penelope_Penguin

One of our favourites, that we made at a Roman activity day - partly split a whole date and stuff with a whole almond. Sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle honey over

Rachel021967

Thanks for the suggestions. Sugar mice sound great and the kids could get involved making them.