Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

[Duke]

Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.

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[Walking Goose]

Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.

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when I was there in the early 70s the guy that was giving us a tour told about the sauce that many of the people put on their food, It is not in use I dont think now,but was very popular in the early empire. Kind of like our ketchup or mayo. It had fish and other indgredients in it. I still remember thinking how could anyone eat that stuff. Here it is. He said they used it to flavor things. ugh

Recipe for Garum or liquamen, the Roman fish sauce

Roman dishes were often flavoured with liquamen or garum. On this page a recipe to make your own fish sauce. You'll find that it's not bad at all!

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[Lone Wolf]

I remember seeing a National Geographic documentary on Pompeii when I was around 10 and while I've heard about new discoveries off and on, this one is the most fascinating thus so far.