The History of Sauces
As in history, some say the Geeks was the being of civilization. They add an obsession with there reglious and philosophical meanings for there foods. Some of the earliest writing was written by the Geeks on food and how it should be used in ever day life. But little of it survived when war broke out in Egypt and the Alexandrian Library which housed the largest array of ancient text known was burn and half of it destroyed. The only fragments believe to have survived are called the “Art of Cooking” the author is unknown. It said “that sauces used oil and cheese and cultivated olives”.
The Romans the builders of an Empire the when from Asia Minor to present day England were rich on customs and food. The Roman believed in food was so strong that it is said that an Emperor debate on the floor of the Roman Senate over what sauce he should serve with his banquet. In Roman society spices were just as important and precious as gold and silver. Salt was the......
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