GUYS. THERE WAS DRIVE-THROUGH IN ANCIENT ROME. FINDING OUT THIS ALONE IS WORTH THE COST OF MY MASTERS IN HISTORY.
[From Daily Life of the Ancient Romans by David Matz]
*rolls up to the window* yeah gimme a number V combo
“I’ll have two number IXs, a number IX large, a number VI with extra ambrosia, a number VIII, two number XLVs, one with cheese, and a large goblet of wine.”
hail, I am Gaius Furius, welcome to Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives
“I’d like the laurice special with extra garum, and throw in some dormice for the kids.”
#laurices are rabbit fetuses#garum is sauce made from fermented fish#dormice are a type of rodent#the romans had some wild fuckin’ food
…sometime I forget how weird various historical sources of meat could be. And then things like rabbit fetuses get brought up and I remember.
When I wrote The City War, my excellent editors at Riptide sent me a note during the editing process to say “This feast you described sounded so delicious, and then we googled to find out what ‘tender laurices’ were. Not cool, Sam.” 😀
Mooncustafer 