LITTLE KNOWN FACT ROMANS WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SCREAM IN TEXT

IT IS EASY TO IMAGINE ANCIENT EUROPEANS LIVING AND EATING LIKE

CONTEMPORARY PEOPLE BUT THE FOOD OF IMPERIAL ROME IS LESS FAMILIAR TO

US THAN THE FOOD OF SERICA

AND SO WE TRAVEL IN TIME AS WELL AS PLACE AND MAKE USE OF THE ANCIENT

COOKBOOK CALLED APICUS

USING EITHER OF THE TWO LINKS PROVIDED COOK A RECIPE FROM THIS ANCIENT COOKBOOK

THE CHALLENGE IS MAKING IT APPEALING TO MODERN PALATES WITH

MINIMUM MODIFICATION

YOU CAN MINIMALLY ADD INGREDIENTS IF THEY MATCH THE SPIRIT OF THE

FLAVOR OF THE DISH

YOU CAN NOT OMIT AN INGREDIENT AND SUBSTITUTION CAN ONLY BE DONE

BECAUSE THE INGREDIENT IS UNAVAILABLE

YOUR CHOSEN SUBSTITUTION MUST BE AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO THE

ORIGINAL INGREDIENT

ONE OF THE LINKS PROVIDED GIVES ADVICE FOR SUBSTITUTIONS BUT RESEARCH

IS ENCOURAGED

SCORING IS AS FOLLOWS

X POINTS FOR FAITHFULNESS TO THEME

V POINTS FOR TASTE

V POINTS FOR MODERNIZATION

I BONUS POINT IF YOU WEAR A TOGA OR CAN NAME A ROMAN SENATOR THAT IS

NOT NAMED BRUTUS