General consumption

With sugar not yet available to Roman society and butter considered only suitable as a healing balm, honey was used as the basic sweetener and cheese was used as a source of fat. The two in combination was typical among desserts, as also seen in the more complex placenta cake.

Preparations varied--the version described by Ovid contained millet, while the version referenced by Athenaeus contained itriya,

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