few cheeses in the world have ancient origins as Pecorino Romano . For more than two thousand years the flocks of sheep that graze freely in the rural Lazio produce the milk from which the cheese is made.
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The ancient Romans appreciated the Pecorino Romano. In the imperial palaces was considered the right seasoning during the banquet, and his ability to long life made it a staple food rations while traveling the Roman legions.
was so popular among the Romans, which was also established for a daily ration to be given to the legionaries, as an addition to bread and soup of farro : 27 grams. This cheese ridava strength and vigor to the tired soldiers and now we know why: Pecorino Romano is an injection of energy and also easy to digest.
; The processing of sheep's milk as described by Homer is in the following centuries, codified so that Columella, in his "De re rustica " and then issues a Detailed description:
\u0026lt;\u0026lt; coagulate the milk is usually made with lamb or kid rennet. The bucket of milking, when it was filled with milk, it must maintain medium heat. We must not, however, comes near to the fire, but you must put it away, and when the liquid has congealed, due to be transferred in baskets, baskets or forms.
It is essential that the school immediately and serum can be separated from the solids. Then when the solid part is removed from the forms or the baskets will be placed in a cool, dark, why can not fail, on plates as clean as possible, salted and chopped so that your mood oozing acid >>.
Until the late nineteenth century all dairy products were transported by farmers, who in procession with their carts, came down to Rome from the Castelli Romani, following by consular Appia . These carried over to cheeses, wine, vegetables, meat and anything else produced in the Roman countryside. 
; Not everyone knows that the words " burino " and "peasant ", in fact, derive from this kind of periodic transhumance of these small-sized heroes of traditional food "Noantri.
who was carrying butter, was nicknamed by the people " burrino ", from here, coming in fall double "r", has created the first name. The same happened with those who arrived with the cart driving or dragging your ass " with the rope," in Roman dialect " co 'a rope ", then merging the voice, has arrived at our peasant .
