Weirdest Foods From Ancient Roman Cuisine

The people of ancient Rome may have lived thousands of years ago, but their diets were anything but old-fashioned. In fact, they chowed down on many foods we would shudder to even consider consuming today. The rich and famous, ranging from studs like Caesar and Antony to leading ladies like Livia, loved nothing more than sampling the oddest dishes our modern brains can imagine.

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[WeirdHistory]

Which one of these foods would you be willing to eat?

[drafeirha]

in history class at school they only teach about wars and catastrophic event but never touch on how people back in the day actually lived their everyday lives. nice to get a glimpse of that side of history for once

[maihaiki]

*"As long as it's edible, you can eat it."*
_-Ancient Romans_

[allepapaz]

I am italian and when someone will ask me why our food is really good I will say that we had almost two thousand years to try literally EVERYTHING.

[stumccabe]

We still have versions of garum. There are the oriental fish sauces and of course Worcestershire sauce which is based on fermented anchovies. Judging by Worcestershire sauce which is a delicious ingredient which makes everything taste better, garum was probably somewhat similar.

[Sam-ondn]

IDK, it doesn't seem weird to me that they were "trying" everything back then. When you take away the convenience of supermarkets and modernized packaged foods, lots of these approaches make sense and start to sound pretty good actually lol

[rodrigonogueiramota]

Zombies: we want brain

Romans: we want brain too. boiled, fried, tempered and with olives

[lucaarmillei]

Everyone: "Chinese poeple eat everything!"
Romans:

[SweetLilWren]

Never, ever underestimate the value of a Great Narrator.
Sir, you are a master in your craft, I do believe I could find endless enjoyment merely listening to you read a phone book! 💯

[patato.on.a.quarterlife.cr]

In the Philippines, we have a condiment equivalent to Garum. It's called Dayok and it's good. Especially with spiced vinegar or "sinamak". Makes a perfect dipping sauce for fried fish.

[leebronx]

"Pliny the elder took some time off from getting drunk with parrots" 🤣🤣. This had me in stitches 🤕🤣🤣🤣🤣

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Which one of these foods would you be willing to eat?
"

Anything that won't give me dysentery

[Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Ancient Rome: Hey as long as it's edible

[thebitgamer]

Rome is the definition of “Dont knock it ‘till ya try it”

[ayehawksqueenhere]

"Pliny took some time off from getting drunk with the parrots"
I am rollin🤣

[zoorenard]

" Pliny the Elder took some time off from getting drunk with parrots... "
OMG im dying 🤣

[amyfisher]

Sounds like the common people came off better, not having access to all those exotic meats, brains, entrails...Yuck.

[haileyharmon]

Early, guess my wish came true on Roman Cuisine. How about a video on Ancient Greek cuisine?

[samanthasimental]

Blood puddin, cow brains, guy, intestine and cow tongue are still eaten in Latin American counties. Love your videos.

[dandelion]

As an Italian I’m more weirded out by the fact that chicken parmigiana is still considered an Italian dish than by what the Roman used to eat