00:00Exposing the hidden carbs in history's toughest army Roman soldiers ate more porridge than pork.
00:05Their secret ingredient? A legendary sauce you've probably never tasted.
00:09Let's dig in. Roman legionnaires ate like ancient endurance athletes.
00:1460 to 70 percent of their calories came from wheat. Think thick pulse porridge,
00:18rough panis bread, or rock-hard baccalatum. Add legumes for protein lentils,
00:23chickpeas beans plus a little pork beef, or fish, but it was rare.
00:27Cheese, onions, apples, figs, occasional treats. The real secret? Garum fermented fish sauce.
00:34It's like Roman ketchup salty. Umami poured over everything.
00:38Silphium. Garum by laproob.com even recreates their lost flavor bomb seriously.
00:43Try it on your next veggie roast. Archaeology at Vindolanda and Pompeii confirms the diet.
00:49Academic studies from 2023 to 2024 back it up high carbs, lots of fiber probiotic fermented sources.
00:57Cost? Wheat was free for soldiers but meat and premium garum could cost a fortune status food.
01:03What can we learn? Balance efficiency and fermentation plus don't underestimate porridge.
01:09Leprove recipes 9year3 by laprove.com source of nopal silphium garum and pinole.
