Conditum

Conditum, piperatum, or konditon (κόνδιτον) is a family of spiced wines in ancient Roman and Byzantine cuisine.

A modern bottle of Conditum Paradoxum

The Latin name translates roughly as "spiced". Recipes for conditum viatorium (traveler's spiced wine) and conditum paradoxum (surprise spiced wine) are found in De re coquinaria. This conditum paradoxum includes wine, honey, pepper, mastic, laurel, saffron, date seeds and dates soaked in wine.[1]

References

Conditum Paradoxum – recipe in Latin and German, read on February 03, 2012

Bibliography

Andrew Dalby, Food in the Ancient World from A to Z, 2003 ISBN 0-415-23259-7

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[1] Conditum Paradoxum – recipe in Latin and German, read on February 03, 2012