Sources - Food

Question 1

What was jentaculum

Answer 1

Breakfast

Question 2

What was prandium

Answer 2

Lunch

Question 3

What did Romans normally have for breakfast

Answer 3

A slice of bread or a wheat pancake eaten with dates and honey

Question 4

For breakfast, Romans normally had a slice of bread or a ________ pancake eaten with ________ and _________

Answer 4

Wheat
Dates
Honey

Question 5

When was prandium eaten

Answer 5

About 11 A.M

Question 6

What did jentaculum normally consist of

Answer 6

A light meal of bread, cheese and possibly some meet

Question 7

What was cena

Answer 7

Dinner

Question 8

When was cena eaten

Answer 8

Late afternoon / Early evening

Question 9

If the master of the house had no guests, cena might take about ______ ________. However, if he did have guests, then this meal might take as long as _________ hours

Answer 9

One hour

Four hours

Question 10

A light __________ was usually eaten just before the Romans went to bed, consisting of __________ and ________

Answer 10

Supper

Bread and fruit

Question 11

The Romans were not big ________ eaters. A lot of their normal meals involved _____________, herbs and _________ together with a wheat meal that looked like ___________

Answer 11

Meat
Vegetables
Spices
Porridge

Question 12

Most Romans who were not wealthy ate food such as ___________ and wheat based products such as ________ that could be grown and produced on ________

Answer 12

Vegetables
Bread
Farms

Question 13

How can archeology provide lots of evidence for the basic Roman diet

Answer 13

Human waste from sewers and toilets can be analysed to find traces of food passed through the body

Question 14

Wealthy Romans frequently had elaborate dinner parties (cenae). These dinner parties were a sign of ________ and _______. At these elaborate banquets anything exotic that could be purchased was served such as __________ served with feathers still on

Answer 14

Wealth
Status
Peacock

Question 15

Many meals were served with _________. One particular favourite was ________ which was made by mixing _______ waste with _______ water and leaving it for several weeks until it was ready for use. Sauces made from what 4 things were also popular

Answer 15

Sauces
Garum
Fish waste
Salt water
Vinegar, honey, pepper, herbs and spices

Question 16

The Romans seemed to be very keen on ________ food and drink

Answer 16

Sweet

Question 17

One of the favoured drinks was called _______ which was a mixture of boiled ______ and ________

Answer 17

Mulsum
Boiled wine
Honey

Question 18

What was one sign that a meal or a banquet had gone down well

Answer 18

If guests asked for bags to take home dishes that they enjoyed

Question 19

How did the Romans eat

What did these mean for the food

Answer 19

With their fingers

It would often be cut into bite sized pieces

Question 20

What would slaves continually do throughout the dinner

Answer 20

Wash the guests’ hands

Question 21

Rich Romans could afford to eat a lot of ________

Answer 21

Meat

Question 22

Meat dishes included:

Answer 22

Boar
Venison
Wild goat
Mutton
Lamb
Kid
Sucking pig
Hare
Dormice

Question 23

Poultry dishes included:

Answer 23

Almost every known bird:
Chicken
Geese
Ostriches
Cranes
Pheasants
Pigeons
Doves
Thrushes
Fig-peckers
And peacocks (for the rich

Question 24

How could you tell (from a source) that a dinner party is wealthy

Answer 24

If the guests are rubbed down by oil
If they have a lot of furniture
If they have a lot of slaves
If they have lots of food and drink