Thread: Things Thai's do better than us.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Originally Posted by Necron99

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by nidhogg

I would not go back too much further than that - tomatoes, peanuts and chillies are all from South America if I remember correctly.....while the star of the dish, papaya is from central america......

you may find that those products were imported a little more than 100 years ago, maybe 300 or more

Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas,

I've often wondered about Italian cuisine pre-tomato, as much of it today seems to rely heavily on the red stuff now.
I have a copy of an old roman recipe book by Apicius, some of it looks interesting and worth a try. Surprisingly, a lot of dishes relied heavily on what, from it's description, is a version of Pla Raa...

Not much tomato in most Italian food in reality if you thin about it (beyond spag bol and pizzas).

Saw an Roman cookery demonstration in Pompeii many years ago - big old fish, stuffed with herbs and lemon and whacked on a barbecue. Same same I thought, but very delicious.

There are a lot of examples of Roman cookery in Pompeii. All wonderfully preserved.