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Ancient Pompeii Diet Consisted of Giraffe and Other "Exotic'" Delicacies
Philip Ross writes "New research into Pompeiians' daily lives is broadening our understanding of this ancient Roman culture, particularly their eating habits, before Mt. Vesuvius brought it all crumbling down nearly 2,000 years ago. Over the past decade, archaeologists excavating a row of building plots discovered remnants of food that would have been widely available and inexpensive in ancient Italy, like grains, fruits, olives, lentils, local fish, nuts and chicken eggs. They also uncovered evidence that Pompeiians enjoyed a variety of exotic foods, some of which would have been imported from outside Italy, including sea urchins, flamingos and even the butchered leg joint of a giraffe."
Nah, donkey tastes like ass.
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About that giraffe leg:
"I'll have the large horse leg meal please."
"Would you like to go supersize for an extra denarius?"
"Err - yeah. Supersize me."
Yes, but it comes in a much taller jar.
A loop, by its nature, continues. If that didn't make sense, start reading this sentence again.
That's pretty much the extent of mentions of giraffes in Roman Italy.
It is said that "Hamburgers" were a staple of 20th century life. However surviving records of that time offer scant evidence. Tarantino the Younger mentions "one tasty [ham]burger" in only one surviving scene in his Magnum Opus a Tale of Pulp In fact a different document the Quest for the White Castle shows to what lengths the heroes Harold and Kumar have to go to get their hands on one of these so called "hamburgers"
Let's face it, hamburgers were a rare delicacy reserved for the rich and powerful of the time as this fresco clearly shows.