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What did Ancient Egyptions eat?

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Because of religious stigma, many types of seafood were avoided.

Food was normally fresh and simple, but they also made stews, porridges , and soups. They had a good supply of fresh foods, so they weren't heavily salted or flavored like in Rome or Greece.

meats:

-birds (wild or domesticated, and species such as geese, chicken, doves, pigeon, fowl, quail or ducks, either raw, cooked, salted or dried)

-beef

- mutton

-fish (cooked, raw, salted or dried)

-goat

-eggs

-pigs

-antelopes

-Gazelles

drinks:

-water

-beer (it was less alcaholic back then)

-wine

dairy products such as milk, clarified butter and cheese

They ate a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices, such as:

-honey

-figs

-onions

-lettuce

-leeks

-garlic

-barley

-wheat

-berries

-dates

-grapes

-radishes

-pulses

-salt

-fruits

-beans (chickpeas, broad beans, brown beans, lentils)

-melons

-cucumbers

-oils and fats

-pomegranates

-peaches

breads and cakes:

-honey sweetened cakes

-fig sweetened cakes

-leavened breads, often formed into interesting shapes such as moon, round, or in

the shape of a woman

-unleavened breads

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I imagine they ate whatever crops they had or whatever food they could afford to buy. I also learned that when times were tough, or they had no money or food, they would boil papyrus, which was Egyptian paper, and eat that. They could eat papyrus because it was made out of reeds. I don't imagine it tasted very good, but it was probably better than nothing.

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People that were wealthy in Egypt had many foods to choose from. Some of these foods were peas, lentils, melons, grapes, and pomegranates.

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they eat lots of fruit, desserts and water

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Food.

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