The meal that Jesus and the apostles ate laid the foundation for the Christian Eucharist. The passage that mentioned the Last Supper in the Bible mainly appeared in Paul's four gospels, Matthew, Kyle, Luke, John and Corinthians, but we can learn from it that the content of the meal is extremely limited.
We only know that there must be unleavened cakes and wine on the table, and the gospel of Kyle also implies mutton (although Pope Benedict XVI disagreed with this explanation in 2007).
All kinds of artistic concepts over the past two thousand years are not very helpful. Leonardo da Vinci created a mural for the restaurant of the monastery of Santa Maria del Gracy in Milan in the15th century, which became the most famous masterpiece of The Last Supper.
This work does not clearly depict food, but Judas does look like knocking over a salt pot. Food historian John Valliano pointed out that this imaginary table is actually a roasted eel decorated with orange slices, which is one of Leonardo da Vinci's favorite dishes.
Maybe Leonardo was just describing the popular cooking methods of his time. What else did you eat for the last supper? The best guess comes from Italian archaeologists Generoso Urciuoli and MartaBerogno.
They accepted paintings and Bible chapters (including the description of Herod's banquet and Cana's wedding), combined with their professional cooking knowledge and the fact that this meal should be eaten on Passover Day, and finally drew up the following possible supplementary menu:
-Potato and bean stew (Cholent)
mutton
-sea grass olives (sea grass is a herb that tastes like licorice and mint)
-Bitter herbs and pistachios
-fish sauce (tzir, somewhat similar to the fermented fish sauce popular in ancient Rome at that time)
-Jam jam (Jam jam, Jam jam with dates and nuts)
There is absolutely no fish balls and meatball soup, which is a dish that later entered the traditional Passover menu.
For centuries, many works of art have portrayed this meal as adults sitting around the table and eating together. So what? It's unlikely, said Ucoli and Verono. Jesus and his disciples are more likely to sit on the mat.
* This article is taken from Reading Menu and Ordering History: Recording 75 Feasts in the World.
Brief introduction of the author
Vincent? Vincent Franklin.
I grew up in my father's small restaurant in Haworth. He is a drama and film actor, and his most famous role is Mike in the political thriller Bodyguard. Mike Travis and Stuart, the publicist in the political comedy The Best? Stuart Pearson. He also played Russell? Russell T. Davies won the British Film Academy Award for his drama Cucumber.
Yali? Qiang Sen (Alex Johnson)
Since 2007, I have been working in the network team of The Independent, and I have written many books, including The Writer's Pet, The Book List, Shelf Life, Book Towns Around the World and The World of Bookshelves (books). Incredible library, shack work: alternative workplace revolution, and writer's game, a literary card board game.
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