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Walking further down Via dell’Abbondanza in the direction of the Porta di Sarno Gate, we reach Pompeii’s equivalent of a ‘fast-food’ restaurant, where warm meals could be bought and eaten on the spot. Coins for a total weight of about 3 kg, equivalent in worth to about 680 sesterces, were found in one of the wall recesses. Given the large quantity of change (374 asses and 1,237 quadrantes, each worth one of quarter of an as), these were probably the takings of a single day’s business. The shop is completed by a sacellum dedicated to Mercury and Dionysus and a small shrine for the tutelary deities of the household. The publican’s own apartment extended to the rear of t ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
VITELLINA FRICTA (Fried Veal)
(Apic. 8, 5, 1) Ingredients:
800 g – 1 kg veal
300 g dried raisins (sultanas)
1 tblsp honey
2 tblsp vinegar
200 ml wine
100 ml oil
100 ml Defritum (or wine syrup)
100 ml Liquamen (or 1tsp salt)
Pepper
Celery seeds
Privet
Cumin
Oregano
Dried onion to taste
Instructions:
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Fry veal in olive oil until well done. Mix raisins, wine, vinegar,
honey, oil, Liquamen and spices together in an extra pan, shortly boil
the sauce. Pou ... continue
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Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.