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chained_bear commented on the word horrea piperataria
"Further along the Forum are the remains of the horrea piperataria, the spice stores constructed by the emperor Domitian in AD 92.... Two thousand years on, the assiduous visitor can still see the remains of Domitian's pepper warehouse, now no more than a few crumbling, shin-high walls and unimpressive piles of rubble.... They are, frankly, not much to look at, yet if there were such a thing, they would merit a mark on the culinary map of Europe. For the ruins of the horrea mark a beginning of sorts, as the oldest visible reminder of the serious advent of Eastern spices in European cuisine, the beachhead from which spices went on to conquer the palates of the Western world."
--Jack Turner, _Spice: The History of a Temptation_ (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 66
November 30, 2016
chained_bear commented on the word horrea piperataria
Not to be confused with piperatoria, or pepper pots.
November 30, 2016