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Garum is a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment [1] in the cuisines of Phoenicia, [2] ancient Greece, Rome, [3] Carthage and later Byzantium. Liquamen is a similar preparation, and at times they were synonymous. Although garum enjoyed its greatest popularity in the Western Mediterranean and the Roman world, it was in earlier use by ...
Tyroklosti is a similar dish, also made with butter, cheese, and corn flour. [1] Sourva, made with wheat or barley, is another type of porridge. [11] Pousintia is prepared with barley flour and either honey, molasses, or milk. Hasil refers to a thin flour porridge poured over milk, honey, butter, sugar, or fruit broth.
Melitoutta (Ancient Greek: μελιτοῦττα), was a honeycake [42] [43] [44] and oinoutta (οἰνοῦττα) was a cake or porridge of barley mixed with wine, water, and oil. [45] Placenta cake was a thin, flat cake of flour, mixed with cheese and honey.
Byzantine cuisine was the continuation of local ancient Greek cuisine, ancient Roman cuisine, and Mediterranean cuisine. Byzantine trading with foreigners brought in grains, sugar, livestock, fruits, vegetables, and spices that would otherwise be limited to specific geographical climates.
A hard cheese produced exclusively in Arachova, Greece and it is famous and registered in the European Union as a protected designation of origin since 1996. Feta (φέτα) Feta is a white salty Greek cheese slice made from the milk of sheep or goats. Graviera (γραβιέρα) Graviera is one of the most popular cheeses in Crete.
This is a list of ancient dishes, prepared foods and beverages that have been recorded as originating in ancient history. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with Sumerian cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing from the protoliterate period around 3,000 to 2,900 years BCE.
Mithaecus (Ancient Greek: Μίθαικος) was a cook and cookbook author of the late 5th century BC. A Greek-speaking native of Sicily, Magna Graecia, at a time when the island was rich and highly civilized, Mithaecus is credited with having brought knowledge of Sicilian gastronomy to Greece. [1]
Kykeon (Ancient Greek: κυκεών, kykeȏn; from κυκάω, kykáō; "to stir, to mix") was an Ancient Greek drink of various descriptions. Some were made mainly of water, barley and naturally occurring substances. Others were made with wine and grated cheese. [1]