When I heard that Sir Murdoch was cooking for Coronation, I offered to let him borrow the books I have on Ancient Roman Cooking. By the end of the conversation, he had asked if I would be willing to cook the dayboard. Of course I said yes, even though I was very nervous about it. Here was someone who was known for his excellent cooking, asking me, who’s only cooked once before, to cook the dayboard at an event as important as Coronation. I knew I could not screw it up.
Coronation Dayboard menu was inspired by Writing Tablet 302, found at VINDOLANDA, a 1st century Roman fort in Northern Britannia
“… BRUISED BEANS, TWO MODII, CHICKENS, TWENTY, A HUNDRED APPLES, IF YOU CAN FIND NICE ONES, A HUNDRED OR TWO HUNDRED EGGS, IF THEY ARE FOR SALE THERE AT A FAIR PRICE. … 8 SEXTARII OF FISH-SAUCE … A MODIUS OF OLIVES … (BACK) TO … SLAVE (?) OF VERECUNDUS.”
Menu for Dayboard
Millet and Vegetable Soup
Beans with Mustard
Asparagus Patina
Honeyed Dormice
Moretum
Farmers Cheese with Honey
Epityrum
Pickled Veggies
Posca
Ancient Roman Cooking for the Culinary Impaired 