At least one out of every four
Italian dishes has its origins in an ancient Roman recipe,
according to farmers' union Coldiretti, which on Monday
inaugurated its Milan Expo 2015 exhibit "Ancient Romans' Most
Beloved Foods".
The show is housed in the Coldiretti pavilion "No Farmers
No Party," and highlights various well-known Italian dishes that
had their birth in ancient Rome.
Lazio's famous porchetta, a cooked pork from the town of
Ariccia in the Castelli Romani and often used in sandwiches, was
known in ancient Rome as "porcellum elixum farsilem," and what
the ancient Romans referred to as "oxyporium" is better-known
today as balsamic vinegar.
Also on display is hard cider as one of Julius Caesar's
favorite drinks, and olive liquor, which the ancient Romans used
as a medicinal drink.
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