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On the subject of "massive amounts of cheese being really extravagant in premodern times", the Roman army ate a lot of "hard tack" cheese https://en.wikipedia.o
by SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
On the subject of "massive amounts of cheese being really extravagant in premodern times", the Roman army ate a lot of "hard tack" cheese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecorino_Romano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecorino_Romano because it was durable and energy-dense. No doubt it was expensive in the way that the military often is, and did not make up all of the rations.
On the subject of "how much cheese do you need to make a pizza" - in traditional styles, not all that much really. And with even less, just a sprinkling, it would still be recognisably the same dish.
- contrarian1234 3y agoSuper interesting! Thank you for sharing. I don't really know much about cheesemaking but I assume the rennet would be the limiting factor. So it'd be eaten rarely.. maybe as often as meat products? That'd be my completely uneducated guess
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoI have also never made cheese, just looked at the recipe, but my understanding is that with rennet, a little goes a long way. The ingredient that gave me pause was the milk: i.e. start with 10 litres whole milk for a small batch of cheese. That's a bulk quantity of milk! I don't' live on a diary farm. But if you do, I suppose that's everyday.