Food an Cooking in...Ancient Greece

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