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February 15, 2023

Ancient Rome’s Naked Fertility Festival (Lupercalia)

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Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 8 Feb 2022

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RECIPE
2-3 lbs (1kg) Goat or lamb
2 cups (475ml) Milk
1/3 cup (115g) Honey
2 teaspoons pepper
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon asafoetida
¼ cup (60ml) Olive Oil
¼ cup (60ml) Garum
¼ cup (60ml) wine vinegar
8 pitted dates
1 cup (235ml) wine
1 tablespoon starch

Mix the milk, honey, pepper, salt, and silphium into a marinade and pour it over the meat in a ziploc bag and refrigerate for 4-8 hours. Soak the dates in water or wine.

Once marinated, transfer the meat to a dish with the marinade and cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil. Roast in the oven at 320°F/160°C for 2 1/2 hours. Remove the lid and continue to cook for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted can easily twist. Remove the dish from the oven and let rest while you prepare the sauce. Reserve 1 cup of marinade with drippings.

Drain the dates and grind or puree them into a smooth paste. Add them to a small saucepan with the cup of marinade/drippings. Whisk in the olive oil, garum, and vinegar then heat over a low flame until simmering. In a separate bowl whisk the starch into the wine until fully dissolved, then add it to the simmering sauce and allow to return to a simmer. Let it thicken for 10 – 15 minutes, then serve over the meat immediately.

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Subtitles: Jose Mendoza

PHOTO CREDITS
Apicius Manuscript: By Bonho1962 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index…
The She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus: By https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us… – Cropped version of La lupa con Romolo e Remo di Domenico Parodi e Francesco Biggi.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index…

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