Ye Olde Tarantian Gourmet

OOC:

For the social RP I'd like to bring up a list to give some inspiration the varrious things you'd be eating as a citizen of Old Tarantia.
Of course there world o different between the diet of a commoner and a nobel but I'm sure you'll get the picture judging from the various things in list. This is a list with inspration from what was commonly eaten in the antique Mediterrinian.


Meat:

Sheep
Pig (Salted)
Ox
Sausage (from pig)
Domestic fowl (chicken, duck, pheasant, peacock, geese)
Game (deer, wild boar, wild birds, hare etc. the more exotic the more prestige amongst nobels at feasts )
Eggs
Fish (dried, smoked or Salted)
Shellfish
Oysters & Clams


Grain:

Husked wheat (breakfast)
Porridge (commoner meal)
Naked wheat for bread


Fruit:

Grapes (green and black)
Melon (water and honey)
Peaches
Figs
Rhubarb
Dates
Peaches


Vegetables:

Cabbage
Parsnips
Lettuce
Asparagus
Onion
Garlic
Marrows
radishes
Lentils
Beans
Beats


Milk Products (from cow or sheep):

Milk
Cream
cheeses

Alcohol:

Vine Red and white (often watered down, spiced, and heated)
Beer
Mead
Ale


Snacks:

Hazelnuts
Walnuta
Raisins
Dried figs
Dried dates


Misc:

Garum (A smelly, spieced fish sauce used for everything like todays ketchup)
Honey
Spieces

This is a really neat piece of information, thank you D.

So that's what garum is..

Real Aquilonians uses garum as toothpaste in the morning.