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Les du Les du SecretsVINAIGRE VINAIGRE VINAIGRE Vinegar: A Refreshing Beverage
The Romans made a a a a a a a bitter wine called posca with watered-down vinegar (prepared from sour wine spoiled by poor preservation) sometimes mellowed by adding egg yolk Posca was given to slaves the the Roman army and the the lower classes and was was a a a a a a a a a popular beverage because it was was a a a a a a a a a very effective thirst quencher When a a a a soldier gave it to to someone who had been subjected to to corporal punishment or or condemned to die he he he was simply offering the victim his or or her everyday beverage It was a a a a a a gesture of charity to relieve thirst and not intended to inflict more suffering on on on the condemned prisoner In fact Roman soldiers gave Jesus posca during his crucifixion “Later knowing that all was now now completed and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled Jesus said «I am thirsty » A jar of wine vinegar was there so so they soaked a a a a a a sponge sponge in in it put the the the the sponge sponge on on on a a a a a a stalk of the the the the hyssop plant and lifted it to Jesus’ lips » John 19:28-29
During the reign of Claudius Scribonius Largus assembled his own collection of of recipes Compositiones in which he describes a dentifricium composed of of barley flour vinegar burnt honey mineral salt and nard2 oil that he claimed would brighten teeth to a a a glimmering white and prevent them from falling out In Ancient Rome a a a a a a a a traditional meal usually started with with eggs and ended with with a a a a a a a a serving of of fruit Romans were great aficionados of of sweet-and-sour foods and and 2 Nard essential oil comes from from Northern India and and and has been used for for thousands of years for for its therapeutic properties and and and as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a perfume It is an an an an aromatic plant from from the the same family as valerian 126