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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 5264086, member: 112342&quot;]Other than coins, the closest thing we can get to experience the ancient days is through food! So when I came across this recipe of &#039;Globi&#039;, I wanted to make this. Originally mentioned by Cato the Elder, his instructions in <i>&#039;De Agri Cultura&#039; </i>mention only briefly what the ingredients are to be used, but not by how much. And thus all the recipes online are only a guesstimates. The original ingredients are spelt, cheese, honey, poppy seeds, and lard.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219968[/ATTACH]</p><p>Since the Roman diet would&#039;ve been expanded from the Cato&#039;s Republican time to the later imperial era where more foreign ingredients were included in the cuisine, I took some liberty in making my Globi!</p><p>Ingredients:</p><p>Whole wheat flour- 90g (where would I get spelt in this day and age!)</p><p>Cheddar- 30g (I might&#039;ve cheated here by using a non-native cheese)</p><p>Crushed Cardamom (to give it some flavour)- a pinch, (these would&#039;ve been imported from the far-off Tamil kingdoms during the early days of the empire)</p><p>Honey</p><p>Canola oil</p><p>Rosted poppy seeds</p><p>salt</p><p>Rose petals for decoration (although I still ate them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>It tasted a bit tough on the inside, with a slight saltiness from the cheese, however the roasted poppies with the honey glaze on the crispy outside complimented by giving sweetness, although not by much if you had used modern sugar![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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