Ancient Egyptian Cuisine

* The Egyptian Cuisine covers a very long span it was approximately more than 3000 years  and retained their consistent traits until  well into Greco-Roman . Egyptian Cuisine uses large amount of legumes (legumes is a plant and its fruit is simple dry fruit ) , vegetables , fruits , fish ,sea food and meat .

* Rabbit , pigeon , chicken and duck are the most common meat in Egyptian Cuisine . Lamb & beef are used for grilling . Seafood and fish are very common in Egypt's coastal area . A  large number of Egyptian Cuisine is vegetarian . Meat was very expensive for most Egyptian throughout history so that was another big reason for developing vegetarian dishes in Egyptian Cuisine .

* The national drink of Egypt is TEA and beer is the most popular alcohol beverages in Egypt . In Egypt beer was a primary source of nutrition & consumed daily bases . Beer was such an important part of Egyptian Cuisine & diet that it was used even as currency . 

* Emmer wheat was used for making Egyptian bread , which was more difficult to turn into flour than other varieties of wheat  . The baking technique varied time to time . In the old kingdom time , dough was filled inside the heavy pottery molds  & then set the embers to bake . During the mid time of kingdom  , square hearth  was used as base of tall cones . At a time of new kingdom , a large , cylindrical in shape & opened from top , a clay oven was used for baking . 

* In Egypt mostly long-shooted green vegetable used like green scallion & garlic but both also used as medical purpose . They also used lettuce , celery , different different type of cucumber and melon . The dates were most common fruit . Figs and grapes were also used on large scale .