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The poor would certainly have eaten more basic foods than the rich enjoyed. When normal families ate meat it would tend to be from sheep or goats.
Beef was usually more expensive and would mainly have been scoffed by royalty. So if you’re not related to the Queen, I’m afraid you’ll have to put down that beefburger. Here’s a tasty goatburger instead. Enjoy!
Do you ever wish . . . you could have something other than cornflakes or toast and jam for breakfast?
Well, instead of complaining in that annoying voice, you should thank your lucky stars that you don’t have to put up with what a poor person in ancient Egypt would start the day with. Get this – back then peasants would probably have eaten a simple breakfast of bread and onions.
Yep, you heard. Onions. For brekkie.
Good luck not having totally stinky breath for the rest of the day.
And if that’s not bad enough, try tossing garlic into the mix.
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the pyramids were constructed by workers whose main foods were garlic, radishes and onions. Garlic, which
was eaten plain or used as a flavouring, has even been found in tombs, including Tutankhamun’s. Pooh! You’d have to put a peg on your nose just to have a conversation with each other without fainting.
If onion and garlic weren’t to your liking, and
you were very rich, you could always eat a cow.
As in the whole thing. In those days all parts of the animal would be chomped . . . including most of the internal organs.
So if you like the sound of a little nibble on
a heart for supper or a nice kidney sandwich for lunch, ancient Egypt would be right up your gross street.
You may want to stick to garlic. Or cornflakes.
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