14.08.24: follow-up; food and drink [6]; solve the mystery

Spot the odd man out!

Image #1: Take a look at the fruits in the mosaic. Something seems to be in that dish which shouldn’t be there. Why shouldn’t it be there? What could it actually be? Do we go with the “conspiracy theorists” that the Romans were way ahead of Christopher Columbus despite the fact that the Romans were adept at congratulating themselves, yet wrote nothing about it?

Links to different explanations are below

Image #2: closer .....

https://eyesofrome.com/blog/eyes-on-storytelling/mystery-in-an-ancient-mosaic?fbclid=IwY2xjawEpjfxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZJ_KqfSVt93-T7yrXzoJ__6iOnybVpKhrrqZUox_3ZRLHX546SIv9Ewuw_aem_aYutsvw1Qcy0AqbzZ7HRrA

https://www.academia.edu/109061154/Is_It_a_Roman_Pineapple_No_Its_Rather_a_Roman_Celeriac_or_Something_Similar?fbclid=IwY2xjawEpjlVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbvoK2yDiAqC6FVCNKLe117Hz-GG9fTriS1yQKSTrazaSIFmMTHve05tAQ_aem_zVue2WAri8jzN2LLfOHRQg