Ancient Roman cuisine, Hadrian

Felicem diem natalem, Hadriane!

Happy 1940th birthday, Hadrian! For this year's birthday cake I chose to cook Cato's recipe for savillum (a kind of cheese cake/bread). Savillum recipe in Latin (from LacusCurtius): Cato’s De Agricultura 84: Savillum hoc modo facito. Farinae selibram, casei P. II S una conmisceto quasi libum, mellis P.  et ovum unum. Catinum fictile oleo unguito. Ubi omnia… Continue reading Felicem diem natalem, Hadriane!