Food an Cooking in...Ancient Greece

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