IUS DIABOTANON IN PISCE FRIXO (Fish in Herb Sauce)

(Apic. 10, 1, 1) Ingredients:

• 4 cod steaks (or other firm white fish)
• 3 tsp ground cumin
• 3 tsp coriander seed
• 3 tsp oregano
• 3 tsp rue
• 1 garlic
• 1 carrot
• Honey
• Oil
• Vinegar
• Defritum (or grape juice honey)
• Liquamen (or salt)
• Black pepper to taste

Instructions:
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Prepare clean, salt, turn in flour, salt and fry the fish. Crush pepper, cumin, coriander seed, oregano, rue and garlic, all crushed fine; moistened with vinegar, a carrot, honey, oil, Defritum and Liquamen. Pour in a sauce pan, place on fire, when simmering pour over the fried fish, sprinkle with pepper and serve.

 

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Behind the façade of the tavern, which borders on Via dell’Abbondanza and is covered all over with election propaganda, we can see a masonry counter which contained four terra-cotta vessels for storing cooked meals. At the rear of the tavern are the remains of the staircase which led to the guest rooms on the upper floor. The graffiti on the walls of these rooms suggests that customers could also enjoy the company of Asellina’s waitresses. The tavern-keeper Asellina as well as Zmyrina, Ismurna and Aegle were influential women who used to sign electoral propaganda to support candidates in the elections for high municipal offices.

(Apic. 9, 10, 5) Ingredients:

• Tuna fish fillets
• 3 tbsp strong vinegar
• 9 tbsp olive oil
• 4 finely chopped shallots
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp lovage seeds
• 25 g fresh mint

Instructions:
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Put all of the vinaigrette ingredients into a jar and shake well to blend them together. Brush your tuna fillets with oil, pepper and salt, then grill them on one side over a hot barbecue. Turn them and brush the roasted side with the vinaigrette. Repeat. The tuna flesh should be pink inside so don't let it overcook. Serve ... continue

Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.