Any Facts About Ancient Egyptian Cooking, Eating And Drinking?

Question

all and any facts, i'm desprate, could you please leave you're sources too?

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Answer 1

On the fertile banks of the mighty Nile early man grew the foods that nourished the most advanced of ancient civilizations - The Egyptian. The Nile was the lifeblood of the people. It served as a means of transportation and a source of food from fishing, but the river was also crucial to agriculture.



From the fragile remnants of papyrus, the records of a civilization, we can glean some data about early Egyptian food. Written in Coptic, Greek, Demotic Egyptian, one page of papyrus might hold a list of foods put on board a ship - wine, bread, pickled fish, honey, and vinegar.  Ancient

Egyptian Agriculture, Bread(bread was part of the diet for all Egyptians. Bread was not risen or spongy like today's bread, it was a flat, hard substance but still of great nutritional value.) and Baking in Egypt

Beer(The main drink of the Egyptians) in Egypt see site 1

Ancient Egyptian Agriculture see site 2

Ancient Egyptian Alcohol(wine for the rich) see site 3

The Diet of the Ancient Egyptians see site 4

clay pots that were so necessary for cooking, eating, drinking, and storage in ancient Egypt see site 5

Food was baked, boiled, stewed, fried, grilled, or roasted. But other than that very little is known about its preparation. They certainly used salt (Hmat) and oil and probably onions, radishes and garlic as well to add flavour to their other foods. see site 6

What Did The Ancient Egyptians Eat?(rich and poor) see site 7