Food an Cooking in...Ancient Greece
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- 2. A metal that is a mix of copper and tin, used to make cooking utensils and weapons
- 4. Stories of imaginary characters and events
- 5. Liquid from olives, used for cooking, lighting clay lanterns and treating small wounds
- 7. Ancient Greek men would gather here to drink wine and discuss important matters
- 10. A clay jar with two handles that held wine or oil
- 14. Oregano, sage, thyme, marjoram and mustard are some if these used to add extra flavour
- 15. A central square where people met and shopped at the market stalls
- 16. Other areas of the world set up by the Greeks, supplying foreign food back to them
- 17. Tuna, sardines, mackerel which is served in grilled slices or preserved by sun drying,salting and pickling
- 19. Geese and chickens provided these, a good source of protein for poor Greeks
- 22. Ariston, the midday meal
- 23. Wine is made by crushing this fruit
- 24. Goddess of farming, a women only festival called Thesmophoria was held in her honour
- 26. An offer of food to honour a god
- 27. Main cereal crop that grew better in Greece than wheat
- 28. A type of cooking fire that was built in the courtyard of a house
- 32. One of the biggest ports in Greece, serving Athens
- 34. Akratisma,first meal of the day, bread dipped in wine and sometimes a few olives and figs
- 35. Goddess of hunting and wild animals
- 37. Farmers kept small herds of goats or sheep for this creamy liquid
- 38. Men ate separately from women and children in this dedicated room
- 39. To keep soil fertile, a field was unplanted one year and then planted the next year
- 41. Type of oven made of clay with a small door used to bake bread and cakes and roast meat and fish
- 43. A tree growing fruit that was used in cooking, cleaning and cosmetics
- 45. Ancient Greeks used this as a sweetener; from bees
- 47. A semi solid sour food made from sheep or goats milk, used in dips
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- 1. A dip made with yoghurt, garlic and oil
- 3. This type of landscape with rocks made it difficult for ancient Greeks to grow large fields of crops
- 6. Drinking party for men only that often followed dinner
- 7. Philosopher that called the olive tree "the tree that feeds the children"
- 8. Waters along the coast of Greece that provided rich fishing grounds
- 9. Most powerful Greek god
- 11. From the parsley family, used in soups and gathered from the wild along with fennel
- 12. Work animal that trampled barley to separate the grain from the stalks
- 13. God of the sea
- 18. Round yellow seed used in hummus dip
- 19. Small raised metal grill with four short legs so that it could stand over a fire
- 20. An ancient unit of measurement; an Ancient Olympics race
- 21. Celebrations held to honour Greek gods
- 25. A long period of history
- 26. A meat on skewers meal
- 29. A farm tool with a curved blade used for cutting crops
- 30. A system of wells, water tanks and channels that carried water to the fields
- 31. Deipnon, the evening meal
- 33. In Greek mythology, dead people's spirits travelled to this place beneath the Earth's surface
- 36. A temple fortress at the top of high ground in a town
- 40. Made out of wild olive branches and awarded to Olympic winners
- 42. These times occurred a very long time ago
- 44. a broth that poor families ate, made with vegetables, beans and lentils
- 46. Food was mostly served in this deep round dish