Hello!
The ancient Spartan society still has a grip in our culture. We use the words laconic, and Spartan to describe austere, frugal things, and people who don't use many words, just the right ones and the exact ones. The ancient Sparta was a very weird place and certainly a lot more cruel rather than heroic.
It is time to see what their society truly was, how it functioned and what the warrior class do to survive.
Of course we can't forget their infamous black broth soup, the dish that only -supposedly- Spartans loved! How was it made? What it consisted of, and was it really tasty?
Join me to find the origin myths of Sparta, and dispel any myths that are still pervasive to this day.
Read Plutarch's Live of Lycurgus here:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lycurgus*.html
You can buy the books discussed on the podcast here:
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/thedeliciouslegacypodcast
My recommendations for this week include:
Eat Like an Ancient Greek Philosopher
Before attending third-century dinner parties, readers consulted this “marvelous feast of words.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eat-like-a-greek-philosopher-oldest-fish-recipe
Yucatán Peninsula Xunankab Bee Honey
https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/slow-food-presidia/yucatan-peninsula-xunankab-bee-honey/
north by sud- ouest charcuterie
Northern curing, schooled in South-West France:
https://www.northbysudouest.com/about
Music by Pavlos Kapralos.
Love & Garum
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