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> People have been delivering food since For the urbanites among the ancient Romans, food vendors (and even things like grab-and-go street vendors and fast foo
by zyxley 11y ago
> People have been delivering food since
For the urbanites among the ancient Romans, food vendors (and even things like grab-and-go street vendors and fast food restaurants) were a normal part of life, since their apartments generally didn't have personal kitchens.
I can't find a source for it, but I have to imagine they had at least some personal food delivery services.
- pjmlp 11y agoPompei had lots of small street restaurants, from what one can tell from the ruins. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/pompeii/9850077/Pompeii-exhibition-the-food-and-drink-of-the-ancient-Roman-cities.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/pompeii/9850077/Pompeii-e... So I imagine it is possible many would do some kind of deliveries as well.
- brc 11y agoThe wood fired pizza (and oven design) dates to roman times.
- virtualritz 11y agoNo, that was just flat bred, aka focaccia. Pizza only came to be much later, when the tomato got introduced to Europe, from South America. And when people eventually found out that many varieties of tomatoes are not only not poisonous but also well tasting. :)
- cbr 11y ago"Pizza" doesn't have to include tomatoes. For example, "pizza bianca".
- walshemj 11y agoProbably something like the tiffin wallahs (dabbawala) in India
- vincvinc 11y agoYou don't have to go back 2000 years . . . the situation you describe (no or unused kitchen, going out or delivery for every meal) is the usual situation in large parts of modern asia. Why would you feel that someone who makes your food is beneath you?
- logicallee 11y agoyeah, but so were personal slaves and gladiatorial fights to the death. you can't argue prescriptive social order from history!
- SilasX 11y agoI can't imagine that. Delivery only works when either: a) there's a regular, fixed delivery schedule, or b) you can send an instant signal with the delivery order. I doubt either applied in Roman times. I'll stand corrected if: a) There is evidence people submitted food schedules where the food could be delivered on a regular basis, or b) There were evidence of a pre-telephone method of instantly transmitting an order, or c) It were a practice to send out a messenger to place and bring back the order for the non-wealthy.