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Ancient Greek cuisine was characterized by its frugality for most, reflecting agricultural hardship, but a great diversity of ingredients was known, and wealthy Greeks were known to celebrate with elaborate meals and feasts. [1]: 95(129c)
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.
Other important ingredients include [3] pasta (for example hilopites), [4] cheeses, [5] herbs, lemon juice, [6] olives and olive oil, [7] and yogurt. Bread made of wheat is ubiquitous; other grains, notably barley, are also used, especially for paximathia. Common dessert ingredients include nuts, honey, fruits, sesame, and filo pastries.
The word koliva itself stems from the Ancient Greek word κόλλυβoς (kollybos), which originally meant "a small coin" and later in the neuter plural form "small pies made of boiled wheat". In the Ancient Greek panspermia , a mixture of cooked seeds and nuts were offered during the pagan festival of the Anthesteria .
Lise Manniche, however, links the origins of theriac to the ancient Egyptian kyphi recipe, which was also used medicinally. [17] Greek physician Galen devoted a whole book Theriaké to theriac, documenting many notable theriacs such as Philonium. One of his patients, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, took it on a regular basis.
Other great ancient grains to explore: sorghum (chewy texture, mild flavor and perfect base for a grain bowl), farro (nutty and hearty) and amaranth, a gluten-free option that’s ideal as a ...
Kakavia (Greek: κακαβιά) is a Greek fish soup.. Its name comes from the kakavi, the tripod cooking pot used by ancient Ionian fishermen. [1] Kakavia has been described as "the most ancient of Greek fish soups", and related to lineage to the French bouillabaisse; like that stew, kakavia is made with a flexible variety of fish and is associated with fishing villages.
Many ancient Greek recipes are known. Mithaecus's cookbook was an early one, but most of it has been lost; Athenaeus quotes one short recipe in his Deipnosophistae. Athenaeus mentions many other cookbooks, all of them lost. [5] Roman recipes are known starting in the 2nd century BCE with Cato the Elder's De Agri Cultura.