Does anyone know of any good ANCIENT greek food?

Question

And by ancient, i meen 280bc, ancient. Im doing a project for ancient grece, and i like food, mind you im no fat, i just need to know what ancient greeks ate! gosh!

Answer 1

. Fish, shellfish, squid and eels were consumed in near any manner possible. The richer families may extend their diet to caviar, oysters and turtles. Smoked fish was even imported from as far a field as the Black Sea and Spain.

Meat was a far less common dish. At home one would be more than happy to have sausages or hare. Any animal capable of producing food was valuable alive. Goats cheese, for example could be happily produced in great volume. Any kind of poultry, however, would not be out of place on a table. Pheasants, chickens, all were available.

During the summer fruits and vegetables were readily available fresh. Fruits were eaten in all possible manners, while vegetables were preferable well dressed. However, for over the winter one was advised to dry out and preserve them. Apparently one manner of preserving a whole variety of fruits is to put them in honey, carefully ensuring that no one fruit touches another. To preserve green vegetables one need only put them in a receptacle treated with pitch.

Seasonings of all sorts were imported. Garlic, onions and mustard were highly popular. And, as with today, olive groves grew in abundance. They were quite capable of supplying far beyond the reaches of Greece itself even then. Wine, too, was readily available and cheap. Each area, as today, produced its own distinct flavour. The Aegean islands, especially Lesbos and Chios, were said to be the best. The wine was transported in amphorae and was then strained through fine cloth prior to use, relieving it of the bitty sediments left in during production.


for more try to www.greek-recipe.com/static/ancient/ancientrecipes.html - 26k -

Answer 2

Moussaka is probably the best-known Greek dish. Aubergines, minced meat cooked in herbs and spices covered in bechamel. Best served with a crisp salad and crusty bread-not to be missed!

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Ancient_Greece
http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page17.htm
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ancientgreece.htm

AND MANY MORE LINKS IF YOU TYPE ANCIENT GREEK DIET IN GOOGLE.

Answer 4

olives, olive oil, your basic everyday bread, wine, game meat, sheep and/or cow's milk cheese. any local fruit. pretty basic foods.

Answer 5

HAND FED GRAPES FROM THE ENCHANTING HANDS OF THE COURT BEAUTIES PILING EXPOSERS IN TO THE MOUTH AND MIND THAT CONSUMES IT

Answer 6

Honey,and also beer is very old,and of course wine.

Answer 7

sandwiches made with that weird pita bread
salads with feta cheese
Lamb and pork

Answer 8

olives

Answer 9

olive and honey
rosted meats also.