It's very good, isn't it. And the food looks so delicious and healthy. I loved how they invented fish sauce, I wonder if Nam Pla was invented separately, a convergent evolution. But did their houses really look like that inside 43:33? Seems very modern interior decor.
Wow the reenactment actress in the green tunic has gorgeous hair! I feel like that’s actually what I think of when I think of Ancient Roman looks/aesthetics
Very enlightening. The gladiators especially. Although I wonder if the vegetarian or vegan diet was more they were slaves, and thus were not given the best food, just food to sustain them. Or truly the vegetarian or vegan diet is best. I am leaning more towards a combination of the two.
Strange now that a vegetarian or vegan diet is considered very fashionable and desirable. Back then though they must have burnt a lot more calories than now, a lot of their work was manual, you had to pretty much walk round the city, no cars or buses to take you round. So some pork probably didn't matter even though its not great for the heart. The seafood diet remains very good though and a better source of protein. Our modern diet is terrible, all the junk food, ultra processed rubbish and sugary drinks. Plus we spend too much time not moving.
@@lw3646 vegan for sure is still not thought of as fashionable. I think it is more taboo than anything else. A vegetarian perhaps and especially Mediterranean or Japanese diet is thought of as fashionable. Japanese are taught at a very young age to prepare, serve and eat very healthy and tasty meals. When they become adults, they take that mind set with them. It also helps that most have to walk everywhere, even to the train stations and stand while riding. Or if for miles, may ride a bicycle instead. I presumably saw a mother of four kids go out to buy the daily essentials for meal prep. A kid on the front of the bike, a kid on the back of the bike and a kid being pulled in a wagon with the oldest on his own little bike. She looked to be early 20's and very fit. The babies were essentially in car seats on the bike. Came upon a shopping center and the entire parking lot was nothing but bikes. Only one small U-Haul looking truck was in the parking lot and that was for the store itself. Over in Catalan they were trying to keep Macdonald's out. No doubt so local restaurants stay in business, but also for health reasons. It's been proven either of these two diets- Japanese and Mediterranean are very healthy and still allow for meat consumption. But they have different laws in those countries for what can be fed to an animal, like growth hormones and what pesticides can be sprayed and even safe food colourings. They also limit their meat intake and again, the meat is of better quality when they do eat it. They care about the health of their people. And both have excellent and reasonable health care systems.
Many who grill outdoors in the US choose woods based on the flavor they impart. There may be others, but I know that mesquite, apple, and cherry woods are favorites. IDK which ones, but some woods are to be avoided due to the bad flavor they add, and woods are also chosen based on how fast & hotly they burn.
Bread sticks are great if you are on a long hike. They weigh very little and fill you up. What tends to be heavy is fruit, so can meat be and potatoes. But generally bread and biscuits are not too bad.
The opposite is also the true. We have access to foods they did not. Cocoa, coffee, potato, corn and tomato. Those are new world item except tomato (they thought tomato was poison/evil)
oh my goodness... this kitchen would be a wonder of the empire for its cleanness.. and the chief and his staff buying the rabbit would be surrounded by the gaping crowd gazing at the slow movements of the group and at the density of the colors of their clothes which were absolutely impossible at the time. As well as the smothness of the surfaces of everything on the picture.
Vin santo ("holy wine") not Vinchento, is the name of the strong sweet italian wine. Also, garum was not "slightly rotten", it was fermented. It is still made today in Italy with anchovies, called "colatura di alici". Also, fermented fish sauces are still very popular in Asia (Korea, Japan, etc).
Nice film about the greatest food from the Ancient Rome. It was look delicious and nutritiius for a good health, still we use some recipes from them. 🍽🏺🍷🦪🍗🧀🍇
@@Rocio1988 I agree. What I found especially fascinating is how the generals made sure their legionnaires had enough food always with them. Super interesting
@@jeremiahcastro9700 I actually believe lamb intestines are the most commonly used ones for sausages, even if the meat is pork. Well, glad you learned something cool!
I was advised against boiling a rack of ribs,but since necessity is the mother of invention,I did it anyway. Not having the time to babysit the grill for the prescribed time. I'll be boiling more ribs
The narrator commented that Rome was Europe's first civilization. That's incorrect! Greece was the first European civilization, not to mention that the Greeks were the model culture for the Romans to begin with. In addition to that, Greece and the Greeks should not be referred to by their Roman designations, but by the names they gave themselves, namely, Hellas or Ellas( Ellada in the present day for the country itself), Hellenes for the people and Ellenika for the language. Why should they be looked at through the Roman lens when the Hellenic people, language and culture were the model for the Romans?!
@@robinlillian9471 I'm not arguing with dead people, it's a fact, you lay down halfway you can pull a back muscle that can turn into a sciatica, I know, it happened to me.
this video makes it sound like there was cultural exchange between Rome and fareast Asia via garum. Asian fish sauce are 1000 years older than Phoenician fish sauce (even older than garum) by necessity. The wet and hot climate forced them to attempt to preserve absolutely everything in salt including fish and fish sauce was accidental discovery of that.
Strange now that a vegetarian or vegan diet is considered very fashionable and desirable. Back then though they must have burnt a lot more calories than now, a lot of their work was manual, you had to pretty much walk round the city, no cars or buses to take you round. So some pork probably didn't matter even though its not great for the heart. The seafood diet remains very good though and a better source of protein. Our modern diet is terrible, all the junk food, ultra processed rubbish and sugary drinks. Plus we spend too much time not moving.
First class documentary, no flashiness or special effects.the actors re-enactments are very realistic
It's very good, isn't it. And the food looks so delicious and healthy. I loved how they invented fish sauce, I wonder if Nam Pla was invented separately, a convergent evolution. But did their houses really look like that inside 43:33? Seems very modern interior decor.
I'm watching you
There breading with fish now
plump and juicy doc
Enjoy it but don't believe it
I love documentaries I think they're so cool😊
This is what we crave for the history channel!!
That was incredible!
one of my favorite docs and my favorite episode. Amazing what they did back then. How much care they took of their legionnaires.
Watching this while taking my lunch break at work
@@bman3794 perfect 👌🏻
Wow the reenactment actress in the green tunic has gorgeous hair! I feel like that’s actually what I think of when I think of Ancient Roman looks/aesthetics
Those nightingales were king sized ;) good documentary..
Thanks for all actors
Love this documentary. Thank you 🙏
I love this documentary
Very enlightening. The gladiators especially. Although I wonder if the vegetarian or vegan diet was more they were slaves, and thus were not given the best food, just food to sustain them. Or truly the vegetarian or vegan diet is best. I am leaning more towards a combination of the two.
Strange now that a vegetarian or vegan diet is considered very fashionable and desirable.
Back then though they must have burnt a lot more calories than now, a lot of their work was manual, you had to pretty much walk round the city, no cars or buses to take you round. So some pork probably didn't matter even though its not great for the heart. The seafood diet remains very good though and a better source of protein.
Our modern diet is terrible, all the junk food, ultra processed rubbish and sugary drinks. Plus we spend too much time not moving.
@@lw3646 vegan for sure is still not thought of as fashionable. I think it is more taboo than anything else. A vegetarian perhaps and especially Mediterranean or Japanese diet is thought of as fashionable.
Japanese are taught at a very young age to prepare, serve and eat very healthy and tasty meals. When they become adults, they take that mind set with them. It also helps that most have to walk everywhere, even to the train stations and stand while riding. Or if for miles, may ride a bicycle instead.
I presumably saw a mother of four kids go out to buy the daily essentials for meal prep. A kid on the front of the bike, a kid on the back of the bike and a kid being pulled in a wagon with the oldest on his own little bike. She looked to be early 20's and very fit. The babies were essentially in car seats on the bike.
Came upon a shopping center and the entire parking lot was nothing but bikes. Only one small U-Haul looking truck was in the parking lot and that was for the store itself.
Over in Catalan they were trying to keep Macdonald's out. No doubt so local restaurants stay in business, but also for health reasons. It's been proven either of these two diets- Japanese and Mediterranean are very healthy and still allow for meat consumption. But they have different laws in those countries for what can be fed to an animal, like growth hormones and what pesticides can be sprayed and even safe food colourings. They also limit their meat intake and again, the meat is of better quality when they do eat it.
They care about the health of their people. And both have excellent and reasonable health care systems.
They had to eat the dead animals that were killed in the ring. So its not 100% vegetarian. Also a grand majority of the diet includes barley.
Bravissimo! This was good.
Good stuff
i have always been fascinated with wood fired cooking kilns. from what i understand, the type f wood used does alter the flavor of the meat.
Many who grill outdoors in the US choose woods based on the flavor they impart. There may be others, but I know that mesquite, apple, and cherry woods are favorites. IDK which ones, but some woods are to be avoided due to the bad flavor they add, and woods are also chosen based on how fast & hotly they burn.
11:23 "only eats with the right hand" both are eating with their left hands...
lol.
As if the actors were experts on ancient history.
9:03
Ok I eat with the right hand, because I wipe with the left... Damn... Which is which again?
1:20 "Rome, however, built the first European civilization.'' What about the ancient Minoan and Greek civilizations?
I guess they got overshadowed by Rome.
“Graecia capta ferrum victorem cepit...”. - HORACE
Most intriguing! Never realized the details of this time! Glad I was enlightened!🥃🎭🛡️🗡️🍗🧀🍞🥦🥕🍎🤔❤️👍‼️
Would love some of their recipes
Bread sticks are great if you are on a long hike. They weigh very little and fill you up. What tends to be heavy is fruit, so can meat be and potatoes. But generally bread and biscuits are not too bad.
Carbs are not good on a hike in my opinion. Bread is very heavy on the gut.
Bread is just about the worst thing you could eat on a hike. Don't ever do that
Use food bags chop it all up in separate bags
Granola
Eggs
Milk
5 veg
Bacon
Rice
Chicken
Seasoning.
Banna
Grapes
Peanuts
Spring water done
Carthago delenda est!
I see you are a man of Civilization as well
I love how they new how to cook already so long ago I bet there dishes we be never tried that are so so good ...
The opposite is also the true. We have access to foods they did not. Cocoa, coffee, potato, corn and tomato. Those are new world item except tomato (they thought tomato was poison/evil)
I also too bet is right thier is food that Rome eat when we ideas are here and now
Ross Tafarian
1 minute ago
8:45 “Only eating with the right hand.” So, she eats with the left.
oh my goodness... this kitchen would be a wonder of the empire for its cleanness.. and the chief and his staff buying the rabbit would be surrounded by the gaping crowd gazing at the slow movements of the group and at the density of the colors of their clothes which were absolutely impossible at the time. As well as the smothness of the surfaces of everything on the picture.
Lentils are easy and quick to cook,no doubt on the march
Vin santo ("holy wine") not Vinchento, is the name of the strong sweet italian wine.
Also, garum was not "slightly rotten", it was fermented. It is still made today in Italy with anchovies, called "colatura di alici". Also, fermented fish sauces are still very popular in Asia (Korea, Japan, etc).
An army marches on its stomach.
Instructions unclear, Library on fire
#LetsCookHistory
lol.
You burnt the Alexandrian Library again?
Nice film about the greatest food from the Ancient Rome. It was look delicious and nutritiius for a good health, still we use some recipes from them. 🍽🏺🍷🦪🍗🧀🍇
@@Rocio1988 I agree. What I found especially fascinating is how the generals made sure their legionnaires had enough food always with them. Super interesting
31:20 you are eating the wrong bread. Soldiers ate a totally different type of bread than civilians and citizens did.
Wow...sausages are stuffed intestines...never knew I was eating that all these years
Are... are you being sarcastic??
Also lots of modern (usually inexpensive) sausages are not in intestines but rather in collagen wraps
@@DavidSzar Actually no I wasn't when I wrote that comment ha ha. Still like sausages, although I only eat the non-pork kind as I'm part Jewish.
@@jeremiahcastro9700 I actually believe lamb intestines are the most commonly used ones for sausages, even if the meat is pork. Well, glad you learned something cool!
@@jeremiahcastro9700 I hope you only eat all beef hotdogs. Lots of unmentionables in the other kind.
I was advised against boiling a rack of ribs,but since necessity is the mother of invention,I did it anyway. Not having the time to babysit the grill for the prescribed time. I'll be boiling more ribs
The narrator commented that Rome was Europe's first civilization. That's incorrect! Greece was the first European civilization, not to mention that the Greeks were the model culture for the Romans to begin with. In addition to that, Greece and the Greeks should not be referred to by their Roman designations, but by the names they gave themselves, namely, Hellas or Ellas( Ellada in the present day for the country itself), Hellenes for the people and Ellenika for the language. Why should they be looked at through the Roman lens when the Hellenic people, language and culture were the model for the Romans?!
1:20 - Ummm...🏛🏺
The first guy talking couldn't have made it more obvious that he was reading a teleprompter
Not good ,halfway laying down when eating, you could pull a muscle end up with a sciatica. Always best to sit up straight.
Obviously, the Ancient Romans disagreed with you. Why are you arguing with dead people?
@@robinlillian9471
I'm not arguing with dead people, it's a fact, you lay down halfway you can pull a back muscle that can turn into a sciatica, I know, it happened to me.
this video makes it sound like there was cultural exchange between Rome and fareast Asia via garum. Asian fish sauce are 1000 years older than Phoenician fish sauce (even older than garum) by necessity. The wet and hot climate forced them to attempt to preserve absolutely everything in salt including fish and fish sauce was accidental discovery of that.
And let's not forget that indomnible village of Gauls still holding out against the Romans. Up with Astrix, down with Caesar.
These Romans are crazy.
That garum condiment they were so crazy about sounds so hideous to me. Maybe it tasted much better than it sounds.🤢
Better not check how asian fish sauce is made.......
Patatas ???🤔
Lying around,feasting while discussing the fate of the people of your next conquest. The nerve!!!
GET TO THE ORGY PART, ALREADY!
Sounds like food poisoning 😮
Strange now that a vegetarian or vegan diet is considered very fashionable and desirable.
Back then though they must have burnt a lot more calories than now, a lot of their work was manual, you had to pretty much walk round the city, no cars or buses to take you round. So some pork probably didn't matter even though its not great for the heart. The seafood diet remains very good though and a better source of protein.
Our modern diet is terrible, all the junk food, ultra processed rubbish and sugary drinks. Plus we spend too much time not moving.
They domesticated the porks.
I very much doubt that the ancient Romans imported spices from "the South Sea Islands"
I doubt they went there directly, but their trade routes reached long distances.
@@robinlillian9471 The 'spice islands' (East Indies) were thousands of miles closer...as was India
@Baskerville22 it's definitely mentioned their trade routes probably stretched through to India. They were certainly aware of the Persians.
It's called international trade.
@@johndorilag4129 It's called fiction. Go look at a map.
Good luck washing the smell of garam out of your tunic
Now there rubbing olive oil on each other's holes and not the one on there neck the one in between there back cheeks
Now there rubbing olive oil on each other's holes and not the one on there neck the one in between there back cheeks
Now there rubbing olive oil on each other's holes and not the one on there neck the one in between there back cheeks
Now there rubbing olive oil on each other's holes and not the one on there neck the one in between there back cheeks
Now there rubbing olive oil on each other's holes and not the one on there neck the one in between there back cheeks
Now there rubbing olive oil on each other's holes and not the one on there neck the one in between there back cheeks
Now there rubbing olive oil on each other's holes and not the one on there neck the one in between there back cheeks