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1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations. |
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Technology and change in history ; v. 9
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Technology and change in history ; v. 9.
1385-920X
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Chapter One: Cereals. Introduction -- Roman Cereal Grains -- Parching -- Threshing -- Winnowing -- Ensilage -- Braying of Porridge Grains -- Milling of Bread Grains -- Bolting -- Breadmaking -- Leavening -- Kneading -- Chapter Two: Olives. Background -- Processing -- Harvesting -- Cleaning -- Warehousing -- Pulping -- Pressing -- Separation of Oil -- Clarification -- Chapter Three: Wine. Biochemistry -- Harvest -- The Winery -- Treading the Grapes -- Pressing -- Fermentation -- Chaptalization -- Cellaring -- Clarification -- Infections -- Modification -- Aging -- Other Wines -- Tapping -- Chapter Four: Legumes, Vegetables, and Fruits. Legumes -- Vegetables -- Fruits -- Chapter Five: Animal Products. Milk Products -- Soured Milk Products -- Cheese -- Meat -- Fowl -- Mammals -- Fish -- Chapter Six: Condiments. Salt -- Sugars -- Acids -- Spices -- Epilogue. |
Summary |
Rome was able to support a huge urban population by providing it with the rudiments of human nutrition in the form of processed foods. This volume contains a careful analysis of those food processes. The work is organized on the basis of the presumed importance of those foods, beginning with the so-called Mediterranean Triad of cereals (particularly wheaten bread), olive oil and wine, then dealing with plant products such as legumes, vegetables and fruits, then animal products, and ending with the condiments (salts, sugars, acids, spices) which were themselves the agents for the preservation of other foods. The work combines analysis of literary and archaeological evidence from antiquity with that of traditional comparative practices and modern food science. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Food -- Preservation -- Rome.
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Food supply -- Rome.
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Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Thurmond, David L. Handbook of food processing in classical Rome. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006 (DLC) 2006050607 |
ISBN |
9047410165 (electronic book) |
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9789047410164 (electronic book) |
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1281399728 |
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9781281399724 |
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9789004152366 (alkaline paper) |
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9004152369 (alkaline paper) |
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9789047410164 |
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