Food and Drinks of Ancient Egypt.

Jessica

1st period

September 8, 2009

What food did the Egyptians eat?

• They had vegetables such as onions, radishes, peas, beans, cucumbers and lettuce
• They had fruit too including grapes, pomegranates, figs, dates and palm tree fruit
• Meat was also important the Egyptians hunted for geese, ducks and cranes they grew cattle
• They two most important crops the Egyptians grew were wheat and barley

What did the Egyptians drink?

• Most of the people drank beer, beer is made from barley

• The rich Egyptians such as the king drank wine
• And everyone throughout Egypt drank WATER from the Nile River.

How did the Egyptian grow food?

• Two farmers usually do the work

• Then the crops would be harvested in the summer
• T hey make wine by smashing grapes with their feet.

Farmland in Al-
Qalyubiyah governorate, just north of Cairo, Egypt.

Where and what did the rich Egyptians eat and what did the
poor eat?

• A rich meal might include different types of fish,

pigeon stew, kidneys, quail, ribs, bread rolls,
small circular cake, cherrylike fruit, stewed figs
and cheese.
• A poor meal might include vegetables, fish, and
bread.
• A banquet for the rich will mostly be served at a
party by servants.

Harvested cotton being collected near Al-Fayyum, Egypt.

Sites

• Hart, George. Eyewitness Books, Ancient Egypt. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990
• Qalyubiyah, Al-." Online Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition. 9
Sept. 2009 <http://school.eb.com/ebi/art-7048>.

• "Cotton: collecting harvested cotton in Egypt." Online Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica

Online School Edition. 9. Sept. 8, 2009 <http://school.eb.com/ebi/art-17265>.