Master Chef
Master Chef
CHEF REX VIII: APICIUS
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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
“Ay, sir; we did sleep day out of countenance, and
made the night light with drinking.”
“Eight wild-boars roasted whole at a breakfast, and
but twelve persons there...”
-- Anthony & Cleopatra, William Shakespear