Showing posts with label Onions in Ancient Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Onions in Ancient Egypt. Show all posts

Onions in Ancient Egypt

Onions in ancient Egyptian market.
Source of the image:
Maspero (Gaston), Life in
ancient Egypt and Assyria,
New York, 1982, P. 18.
The onion plants were mild and of an excellent flavor in ancient Egyptian foods. Nicerates quotes Homer as agency for the statement that they were much savored when took with wine.

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