But not cities where the buildings were closely packed and highly inflammable. Nor where the means of cooking was an *open* fire.
> Certainly there are some things which require
> particular equipment.
> For example breadmaking requires an oven but I'm
> sure the historical
> cooks among us can produce an alternative which can
> be cooked over an open fire.
Yes - given an open fire, I could. Bread baked in an oven would be considerably better, but I could. But you try lighting an open fire, on the top floor of a Roman block of flats, you'll have the land lord and the other tenants kicking you out, assuming you survive the experience in the first place.
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