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1. What kinds of food did the rich people eat ? The rich Romans likesd to show off by having facny meals served by slaves. One of their favorite meals was peacock tongues and a dish that involved stuffing a chicken inside a duck, then stuffed inside a goose, then stuffed inside a pig, all of this was then stuffed inside a cow, and cooked. Sometimes they would send slaves to the mountian to get snow.They will make something like a slushiRich Roman like to use expensive spices like : cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, cloves oregano, basil, and mint. Some of these spices came all the way from India.

2. What kinds f food did the poor people eat ? Poor Romans ate foods made of cereals like wheat and barley.They ate fruits like apple, pears, figs and plums. They ate green peas,onions, cabbage and walnuts. the meats they ate were mainly goats and sheep.They also caught fish and raised special sanils in gardens to eat. The food they ate most often was bread with honey or cheese. They made cheese and yogurt from goat milk.

3. Where did they get there food? Ancient Romans grew their foods in fields, they grew vegetables, fruits and nuts. They fished in the Mediiterranean Sea mainly for tuna.Sometimes they hunted for wild game like deer. The Ancient Romans they also got foods from far away place like India.

4. What kinds of drink did they drinks with there meal? They made beer from wheat and barley, this was the most common drink in the northern parts of the Roman Empire. The rich preferred wine that they added water and spices to then heated. The poor had a cheaper version of wine called pasca. Romans did not drink milk they considered drinking milk barbaric.

5. What did they used to eat their meals? The Ancient Romans did not use forks, they did use knives and spoon.They also had bowls plates and glasses. The materials that their plates bowls and glasses were made of depended on how rich they were. Glass was an everyday material used in all stages of food storage and preparation. Rich people used plates made of gold and silver, the poor ate off plates made of terra cotta.