[Sca-cooks] Sweating meat

Johnna Holloway johnnae at mac.com
Sat Apr 13 05:41:18 PDT 2013


The chapter on "Cooking Techniques in the Ancient World" in Grocock and Grainger's volume of Apicius mentions spit roasting.

Johnnae

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On Apr 13, 2013, at 12:24 AM, JIMCHEVAL at aol.com wrote:

> Snipped
> . Probably this is because the 
> spit  (which was used by the Germans, but not I think by the Romans) was the 
> preferred  way to roast meat. Not only did it cook it on all sides, it 
> allowed for  theatrical effects, as when Charlemagne's hunters brought in his 
> roasts on  spits.
> 
> Jim Chevallier
> www.chezjim.com
> 
> 



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