Other foods considered to be for peasants were ], green cheese (the subject of his very first episode),]'Green' here means 'fresh', i.e. * PovertyFood: PovertyFood: ** Max cooks a recipe that a peasant would eat called makke which is basically refined beans with onions. Recipes could be very fancy, using ingredients like spices, cream, or brandy. Prior to the 1800s gruel was eaten by all social classes. Despite being synonymous with this trope, gruel is really just the word for a thin porridge.

** Max has even made ] based on a recipe left by one of Captain Morgan's men. ** Hardtack also makes frequent mentions in the show, always accompanied ]. Despite its recipe calling for large amounts of blood, ], and the ], Max says the broth is decent aside from its ]. After an old man curses the Trojans to suffer such hunger they will gnaw their very plates, a character realizes this has come true when he sees the Trojans ]. *** The low status of the bread even became a plot point in Virgil's ''Literature/TheAeneid''. Trenchers were used by the wealthy as a plate to eat food on, and then afterwards were sometimes handed out to the poor. The torte loaf would then be cut in half and allowed to become stale.

They were made from torte bread, a type of bread made from unsifted flour of various grains. This had the side effect of making gladiators become flabby and ] ] Max points out the flabbiness was probably an advantage in a gladiators line of work, since the fat would shield their vital organs] ** ]. The dish formed the staple of a gladiator's diet, save for ]. ** The Roman Gladiators had ], a porridge made of barley and fava beans. un-aged, not literally green.] hedgehogs, pigs, salmon, and beaver. * PovertyFood: Max cooks a recipe that a peasant would eat called makke which is basically refined beans with onions.

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