Dinner Time!

[Fluvius Camillus]

Right now I am in the mood for lying in the sun just outside Rhodes harbour with a kebab of roasted swallows and a side dish of fish fried in olive oil, some local olives and goats milk cheese. Drinking some diluted wine and just watching the ships come and go.

I can see it before me already, wow I would love that!!

I would also enjoy a sunny day as Romani aristocrat at my Campanian villa. Drinking some Falernian wine, eat some meat snacks served by my servants, maybe have someone play one of those authentic Romani themes. Ah... That would be life....

~Fluvius

[stratigos vasilios]

I would also enjoy a sunny day as Romani aristocrat at my Campanian villa. Drinking some Falernian wine, eat some meat snacks served by my servants, maybe have someone play one of those authentic Romani themes. Ah... That would be life....

So long as it's an EB Romani tune...

[antisocialmunky]

How would you put CO2 in solution back then other than letting something ferment in a pressure sealed container like a well corked amphora?

[Brennus]

Well how do we carbonise drinks now?

[MerlinusCDXX]

How would you put CO2 in solution back then other than letting something ferment in a pressure sealed container like a well corked amphora?

Well how do we carbonise drinks now?

I know for beer, water, and soda, you just use a CO2 tank, regulator and sealed pressure keg combo, cool the liquid to about 35 degrees Fahrenheit, and apply 15 to 20 psi of top pressure (NEVER use more pressure than a keg is rated for! That's a great way to blow up your keg.). If you want your liquid to dissolve a bit more CO2, gently agitating (usually by shaking) the contents every once in a while will help.

[Brennus]

Based on that information i seriously doubt the Greeks had fizzy drinks.

[Brennus]

This may seem like a silly question (forgive me I don't know much about civillian Roman life) but did the Romans (or anyone else for that matter) have restaurants in the form that we would recognise?

At the moment I think the best place to live in terms of food would be southern Gaul, quite close to Massalia, you would have access to the northern "barbarian" hearty meals but also be able to purchase exotic luxuries to improve your dinner.