Moretum

Moretum called a simple dish of ancient Roman cuisine, consisting of ( sheep ) cheese (or alternatively grated walnuts ), olive oil, salt, garlic (Allium ), celery leaves ( Apium, dt Eppich ), common rue ( Ruta ) and coriander. It was eaten freshly baked bread.

Your name, the cheese paste from the mortar, the mortarium, in which it was produced (see image ).

The recipe for Moretum was narrated by a poem: Moretum is also the title of a Latin poem in 122 hexameters, which handed down as a work of Virgil in the so-called Appendix Vergiliana. It portrays, as a parody of the exaggerated praise of country life, like a simple farmer begins his day's work; The core is the preparation of Moretum for breakfast. Another mention is Moretum in Columella 's De re rustica (XII 59, 1-4). Columella mentioned is a variant used in place of the cheese grated walnuts.