Describing this meal, the book Poverty and Charity in Roman Palestine, First Three Centuries C.E. says: “Most people ate bread or porridges made of barley, various cereals and legumes, or more rarely wheat.
Mengenai makanan utama ini, buku Poverty and Charity in Roman Palestine, First Three Centuries C.E. mengatakan, ” Kebanyakan orang makan roti atau bubur yang terbuat dari barli, beragam sereal dan legum, atau gandum, walaupun jarang.