The kitchen in ancient Egypt and cooking methods

kitchen in ancient Egypt and cooking methods

 :The kitchen in ancient Egypt

 The first method, which is barbecue: fish and birds are cooked by inserting a stick in its mouth to penetrate its basin, and it is placed over the fire, and the fire increases its glow as the air moves over it permanently

 As for eating meat, it will be in the form of slices as it is today

The second method is boiling: where you put birds, fish or meat in water, boil, and collect the fat in it.

The third method is drying: all kinds of meat are dried after grilling or light boiling. They were placed in a clean place under the sunlight and preserved for a long time after salting and seasoning them

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 :The kitchen in ancient Egypt and the tools used for food

The kitchen was located at the end of the house and was roofed with straw and branches, and it had a ventilation opening that allowed the smoke from the oven to escape. It was probably located in the yard of the house, next to the food storage room or below it. And simple Egyptian cuisine contains a clay or stone oven with food utensils needed for numbers only

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Food tools used: mortar and grinder (millstone), dough trough

 Cooking tools: The oven was made of clay with a stepped shape containing its tools or a movable cylindrical shape, and the oven was also primitive consisting of a few stones that resemble the canon in which the fire is placed and cooking utensils are placed on them. Small tools include baskets, sieves, utensils, spoons and knives.

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 : The Kitchen in Ancient Egypt - Types of Pharaonic Dishes

Dishes common in ancient Egypt, even among the poor and the rich in general, were (bread and beer) with some fruits of onions, garlic, lentils, leeks, radishes, lettuce and cucumbers

 The fruits were figs and sycamore. The main food was bread, and the most common meat was poultry and fish

The vegetables that the Egyptian peasant eat almost daily were: lettuce, watercress, radish, cabbage, cauliflower, green onions, dill, parsley, and coriander, which are healthy vegetables. As for garlic, workers and builders used to eat it on a daily basis because it is a natural antibiotic

The ancient Egyptians also planted: the date palm, and they were called the palm (Amt), which is used today as one of the names of Al-Rutab Balah and it is (amhat). The Egyptians knew honey, and Egypt was the oldest country known for beekeeping in the world

The ancient Egyptians ate their food with their hands sitting around a small table with a base, and they washed their hands before and after eating frequently