"When I emailed one prominent scholar of the Roman empire about the strawberry, he referenced Petronius’ Satyricon, in which the nouveau-riche Trimalchio serves his Roman guests appetizers arranged in the form of zodiac signs, dormice rolled in poppyseeds and a roast boar filled with live birds."
I tried the viral $20 strawberry. It tasted like the end of the American empire
A single strawberry flown in from Japan is selling for $20 in a hip LA grocery store. Does it symbolize the worst of American excess, or is it simply delicious?
theguardian.com