Black soup or black broth was a dish in the cuisine of ancient Sparta, made with boiled pork meat and blood, using only salt and vinegar to flavour. The soup was well known during antiquity in the Gre
Blood soup
…Examples of blood stew include: Black soup, a historical pork-blood soup of Ancient Greek cuisine particularly associated with ancient Sparta. Chicken and duck blood soup, a blood soup popular…
A photograph of the remains of ancient Sparta's agora. Xenophon has described this location as a bustling market during the Classical period, which is where the Spartans would also purchase the pigs for cooking black soup.