[Sca-cooks] Foods native to Britain before the Romans came

[Terry Decker]

Salmon, eels, trout, pike, crab, lobsters, grouse, ptarmigan, greylag goose, 
whooper swan, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, red deer, roe deer, wild ox, wild 
boar, otter, beaver, hare, honey, wheat (emmer), oats, barley, sea kale, sea 
holly, hogweed, bracken, asparagus, chestnuts, pine nuts, beech nuts, 
acorns, wild garlic, wild cabbage, sea spinach, chard, mallow, fat hen, 
purslane, nettle, lily bulbs to name a few.

Bear


> Dear Cooks,
> I am putting together one of my last two classes for my Roman Britain
> class.  This week we are talking about Samhain, and next week is the Roman
> Banquet.  One of the homework assignments is for them to select a food to
> bring.  I have a list of foods introduced to Britain by the Romans, but I
> don't have a good list of what was native before they arrived.  My Hagen
> books have not made it home yet, so I need some help here.
> Here are the lists I have:
>
> Foods introduced to Britain by the Romans
> Pheasants, peacocks, guinea fowl, fallow deer
> Apples, grape vines, fig, walnut, medlar, mulberry, damsons, pears, plums,
> cultivated cherries, sweet chestnut
> Parsley, borage, dill, fennel, mint, thyme, garlic, leek, onion, shallot,
> rosemary, sage, savory, sweet marjoram, radish, thyme
> Turnips, cabbages, lettuce, endive, peas, lentils, carrots, artichokes,
> cucumber, asparagus, parsnip, celery
>
> Imported Commodities
> Dates, almonds, olives, wine, olive oil, pine nuts,
> fish sauce (liquamen or garum), pepper, ginger, cinnamon
>
> Foods native to Britain before the Romans
> Hazelnuts,
>
> and now I'm stuck.
> Help?
>
> Christianna
>
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