Food

Greek Food
Greek meals took place in a courtyard near the house. The menu wasn't very plentiful but it got them buy. The main food they ate was grains, figs, bread, barley, fruit, vegetables, cake, grapes, seafood and wine. Since they didn't have very fertile soil they weren't amazing farmers. But then their irrigation system changed that. So they were able to farm better. They raised goats for milk and cheese. On rare occasions they hunted for meat.

 They drank wine with almost every meal. Including breakfast! The people hardly ever drank milk because it was considered "barbaric". So they either drank wine or water.






 * __The Eating Pattern of the Greeks __**

Early in the morning they ate breakfast. During breakfast they ate large amounts bread, soups, and vegetables. The second meal of the day was lunch. An early lunch as they called it. Once again they ate bread, and vegetables. But this time they might have the occasional meat or fish. In addition to all of this they ate a large quantity of cheese and olives. The last meal of the day was supper. It was the main meal of the day. A lot of fruit, vegetables, wines and bread were eaten at supper time. media type="youtube" key="rXwUNKDz0q0" height="344" width="425"  The Greeks had no eating utensels!! Which means no forks, or spoons. So what did they use? They used bread. Thats right bread. Bread was used for scooping up soup, and wiping off your hands and face. 
 * __Did You Know?__**
 * __An Overview of What They Ate __**

Vegetables; cucumbers, leeks, cabbages, wild celery, garlic and asparagus. Fruit; grapes, olives, figs, pears, and apples. Marine Animals; squid, sea bass, mullet, octopus, eels and crayfish. Meat; goat, chicken, boar, deer and lamb. Bread; barley and wheat. Herbs and Spices; pepper, dill, thyme, mint, and saffron.
 * Be reminded that this is all **__NOT__** they ate!

Greek food is known to be some of the healthiest and tastiest in the world. SInce they didn't have very fertile soil you can see how they had a very simple continuing from day to day diet. Their diet has been influenced by other cultures as any other food would be. The records for how they ate can easily be traced all the way back too 350 B.C.

**__Timeline of Different Influences__**

<span style="color: #105b9e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">*350 B.C.- Alexander the Great extended Greek from Europe to India. Northern and Eastern influences were obsorbed into Greek food.
 * 146 B.C.- Greek fell to the Romans so Roman style food was blended into Greeks.
 * __<span style="color: #e23232; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fun Facts! __**

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">*In 330 B.C. the first cookbook was written by the Greek food goumet, Archestratous.
 * The Greeks were the first to wear the tall chef hats.
 * Vegetarian foods can be traced back to starting in Greece.

By: Brittany

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