History of oats: where are oats from?
History of oats: Oats growing in a field What is the history of oats? Like wheat and barley and millet, oats grow wild all around West Asia. Probably early gatherers [...]
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History of Lentils – West Asian Food
Brown lentils Where are lentils from? Lentils are a type of bean, native to West Asia. They grow on low bushes, and can do well with very little water. The [...]
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Easy lentil soup recipe – Cooking up History
Ethiopian food Three suggestions for projects with lentils: 1) Go to an Indian or Ethiopian restaurant and try something with lentils in it. 2) Make lentil soup at home. Here's [...]
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Barley soup or barley pudding – Food project
Barley soup (thanks to Wikipedia) How to make barley soup You can eat like a medieval peasant by making your own barley soup at home. Start by peeling a carrot, [...]
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How to eat almonds – a project
A pile of almonds Almonds are delicious and good for you, and the best way to learn more about them is to eat some! You can buy almonds in practically [...]
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History of dates (food) – West Asia
History of dates: Two dates Dates are from West Asia Wild dates probably evolved around 50 million years ago, as a way for date palms to get animals to eat [...]
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Where are chickpeas from? West Asia
History of chickpeas: Dried chickpeas Chickpeas are from West Asia Chickpeas are a kind of bean that probably evolved in West Asia, in what is now eastern Turkey, around the [...]
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History of beer – Where does beer come from?
History of beer: Sumerians sipping beer through straws (ca. 2500 BC) When did people start to make beer? Even before people began farming in China, West Asia and Egypt, they [...]
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What is barley? History of food
Barley ready to be harvested How is barley different from wheat? Barley's a kind of grass, like wheat or millet or sorghum or rice, that is a good source of carbohydrates [...]
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Climate change and the Philistines
Did climate change cause a Bronze Age crisis? Tomb stela of Nemti-ui, from the First Intermediate Period. The stele's only painted, not carved, because people couldn't afford carving after the climate [...]
