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+ | ==== Food ==== | ||
- | ==== Daily Food and Lodgings ==== | + | **Meals**: These vary according to price and type, with more expensive meals emphasizing variety and freshness. A good evening meal may consist of rice heaped high with fresh mutton, figs, dates, and olives pulled from the tree, finished with honey-candies. A more common evening meal (in a town or city) would be a simple ragout or meat stew, with bread, and fruit. A poor evening meal consists of just rice, perhaps with dates, dried fruit, a bit of tripe, or a strip of dried meat. |
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- | **Meals**: These vary according to price and type, with more expensive meals emphasizing variety and freshness. A good evening meal may consist of rice heaped high with fresh mutton, figs, dates, and olives pulled from the tree, finished with honey-candies. A more common evening meal (in a town or city) would be a simple ragout or meat stew, with bread, and fruit. A poor evening meal consists of just rice, perhaps with dates, dried fruit, a bit of tripe, or a strip of dried meat. | + | **Jelly Delight** is generally served as small squares of sweet jelly gusted in very fine sugar. It is commonly flavoured with lemon juice or rose water. |
+ | **Fruit**: Figs, Dates, Olives, Pomegranate, | ||
==== Food & Drink ==== | ==== Food & Drink ==== | ||
**Coffee** is readily available at most food outlets. | **Coffee** is readily available at most food outlets. | ||
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- | **Jelly Delight** is generally served as small squares of sweet jelly gusted in very fine sugar. It is commonly flavoured with lemon juice or rose water. | ||
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**Wine, Heart of Wine**: A potent brew. Heart of Wine is a wine that has been aged in the desert heat or in mountain snows until the water has evaporated or frozen, leaving a more powerful substance behind. Like all alcoholic or fermented beverages, Heart of Wine is forbidden in moralist areas. | **Wine, Heart of Wine**: A potent brew. Heart of Wine is a wine that has been aged in the desert heat or in mountain snows until the water has evaporated or frozen, leaving a more powerful substance behind. Like all alcoholic or fermented beverages, Heart of Wine is forbidden in moralist areas. | ||
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+ | ==== Herbs & Spices ==== | ||
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+ | The most commonly used herbs and spices are: \\ | ||
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+ | * Cumin, imparts an earthy, warming and aromatic character to food, making it a staple in stews and soups. When used in remedies, it is said to aid digestion and boost the immune system. | ||
+ | * Sumac, seeds are dried are ground into a reddish-purple powder, then used to add a tart, lemony taste to salads or meat. ++Herbal Properties |(Ease respiratory and digestive complaints, Ease discomfort of urinary tract infections, Help the body fight unwanted inflammation)++ | ||
+ | * Caraway, fruits are used whole and give an anise-like flavor to dishes. | ||
+ | * Alligator Pepper, similar to modern black pepper, the seeds are baked and then ground to add heat and depth of flavour to a dish. ++Health Benefits|(Helps heal wounds, good vs Venoms)++ | ||
+ | * Nigella, the seeds are dried and ground to make a bitter paste. | ||
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