Ancient Greek Foods

1. Ancient Greek Foods By: Anatolia of Argos

2. Vegetables • Arugula • Asparagus • Artichokes • Bulbs • Cabbage • Cardoons • Carrots • Cos lettuce (Romaine) • Cress • Cucumbers • Fennel • Garlic • Leeks • Squash (marrows) • Radishes • Turnips • Wild Celery

3. Fruit • Apples • Bergamot Oranges • Carobs • Figs • Grapes • Jujubes • Olives • Pears • Plums • Pomegranates • Quinces

4. Legumes • Beans • Chickpeas • Lentils • Peas, green and yellow

5. Fish and Seafood • Anchovies • Boarfish • Crayfish • Cuttlefish • Eels • Gray and red mullet • Grouper • Octopus • Prawns • Rays • Sardines • Sea bass • Sprats • Squid • Tuna • Wrasse

6. Meat, Poultry, and Game • Birds • Boar • Chicken • Deer • Donkey • Goat • Goose • Hare • Lamb • Pheasant • Pigs

7. Grains and Cereals • Barley (most commonly used for bread) • Wheat (spelt was widely grown and used)

8. Herbs and Spices • Coriander( also know as cilantro) • Dill • Mint • Pepper • Oregano • Salt • Saffron • Thyme

9. Other foods • Cheese • Eggs • Honey • Nuts • Olive Oil • Snails • Vinegar

10. Fermented Beverages • Beer • Honey Mead • Wine • (They also drank milk!)

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12. Koulourakia Cookies Ingredients • 4 cups flour • 1 tablespoons baking powder • 1/2 pound butter, softened • 1 cup sugar • 3 eggs, lightly beaten • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract • 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water

13. Cooking • The ancient Greeks cooked in pots made out of clay. • The usually methods of cooking were boiling, frying, simmering, and stewing over wood burning fires, grilling, and baking in wood burning ovens. • Food was preserved smoking, drying, salting, and set in syrups and fat.

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