Egypt - a fairy tale country

In North Africa the Nile is make his way through inauspicious desert. On the fertile banks of the river, people have planted vegetables and fruits that have nourished one of the most advanced civilizations of ancient cultures - Egyptians. Nile served as a means of transport as a source of food (he was rich in fish), also was crucial for agriculture.

From the remains of the fragile papyrus, modern people could learn many important data about this civilization, but also some aspects of early Egyptian dishes. Written in Coptic, Greek and Egyptian demote (italic writing, simplified) a page of papyrus discovered on board of a vessel contains a list of foods: bread, fish, wine, honey and vinegar.

“ETERNAL HOUSE”

Egyptian attitude about life and is unique, because they see death as a journey "out." Together with the mummy, in the graves it was found both objects of furniture, statues, paintings and dishes placed in sealed pots, to keep food for a long time. Beside them were baskets full of figs.

From Greek chronicles of Herodotus of Halicarnassus we find that any kind of fish, and poultry, except those sacred were eaten boiled or roasted. Pig was seen by ancient Egyptians as a dire animal: those who attained a pig, even accidentally, went quickly to the river and sinks in deep water.

"SIMAN MESHWI"

Egyptians liked vegetables and specially the spice one like garlic and onions; but they eat and peas, beans, lettuce, cucumber, perpetrated in different combinations, with condiments such as salt, pepper, caraway, coriander, sesame, dill, fennel and many assorted seeds.

Distinguish experts in the preparation of roast mutton, Egyptians choose the weakest pieces of meat that interlard with different vegetables. City of Alexandria was famous for the plateau called "SIMAN MESHWI" pieces of meat in marinade caraway and coriander and cooked on the grill.

Baclava Bel Mexarat

Ingredients: one cup butter, 500 g thin sheets of pie, a cup minced walnuts or hazelnuts, half a cup of sugar, one large cup of sugar syrup.

Preparation: Is butter a round tray and high turnover and place half of pie sheets than butter up. Mix nuts with sugar and sprinkle over the sheet tray. Place the remaining pie sheets and cut squares with a small sharp knife. Sprinkle everything with melted butter and bake in hot oven until the sheets above are golden. Pour syrup over and reenter into the oven and bake 5 more minutes. Serve immediately.