The Egyptians relied heavily on the annual flooding of the Nile River for their survival. The floods provided rich soil for growing crops like grain, vegetables, and fruit. Bread made from grain was a staple food, though it was gritty due to sand mixed in during grinding. Meat was expensive so most people drank beer made from barley instead of wine. Houses were constructed from mud bricks that quickly deteriorated. Hunting was mainly for nobility while fishing and bird catching provided additional food sources for common people. Farming and trade centered around the bounty supplied by the life-giving Nile floods each year.

1. The Egyptians at home

2. Food and Drink
Food
The Egyptians ate many things. They also ate well. They ate
calves and ducks a lot. Meat was expensive because there were
very little grazing spots for the animals.
Bread
Most people today would take our bread over Egyptian bread. It
had a hard rough feel to it because when they were grinding the
flour, sand would mix in with the grain. They couldn’t take it out
before they baked it so the bread tasted kind of rough, like your
eating dirt. Eating this gritty bread caused an Ancient Egyptians
teeth to wear down to the roots.
Drink
Drinks were an important part of the meal. The rich drank wine
and almost every body else drank beer. . To make their beer,
they would half bake loaves of barley, crumble it into barley and
water. To make wine they picked a bunch of grapes and
squeezed all the juice out of them by stepping on them in a big
trough.

3. Ancient Egyptians
date candy recipe
1 cup of fresh dates
1 tbs of cinnamon
½ tbs of kardemam seed
½ cup of fresh ground walnuts
small amount of warm honey
dish full of fine ground walnuts
method
mix the dates with some water to paste
mix in cinnamon and kardemam seed
kneed in the walnuts
form balls, spread with honey and cover in the ground almonds

4. Houses
Wood was almost non existent in Egypt. They used mostly mud
and sand and papyrus reeds. Mud bricks were made of straw and
mud. The mixture would dry and bake in the sun. The mud
might have been plentiful but it was not particularly sturdy. In
usually just a few years an Ancient Egyptians house constructed of
mud brick would begin to crumble.

5. Hunting, Fishing and Fowling
Hunting was kings and mainly a thing for kings and
courtiers. In the desert they could hunt wild bulls,
gazelles, Oryx, antelopes and lions. King Amenhotep
The Third was proud of killing over 100 fierce lions in
ten years. He also killed 90 wild bulls on one hunting
expedition. As well as animals, the rivers were
plentiful in fish which could be caught with hooks or
nets. The papyrus reeds also offered a variety of
birds and geese. The technique here was to hurl a
throwstick as the wild fowl flew up from the
thickets.

6. Farming
ancient Egyptians grew every thing they needed to eat. They grew crops such as barley, figs, melons etc. the
most important crop was grain. The ancient Egyptians used grain to make bread, porridge, and beer. Grain was
the first thing they planted after the flooding season. Once the grain was harvested they grew vegetables such as
onions, leeks, cucumbers and lettuce. The Egyptians planted there crops along the banks of the river Nile, or
kemet left behind after the floods.

7. Buying and selling
On market days, the whole town heads for the
large open space by the quayside. Farmers from
miles around come by boat to sell and trade
their cattle, ducks and other produce. Families
stock up wheat or barley, to bake bread or brew
beer, and linen for making clothes. Traders use
copper weights, in units called Deben (about 91
grams). Egyptians have no money. An item is
weighed, then traded for another item, or items
of equal value.

8. The Nile
Most Egyptians lived near the river Nile as it provided food, water,
transportation and excellent growing soil. Ancient Egypt could not have existed
without the Nile. Since rainfall is almost non existent in Egypt, the floods
provided the only source of moisture to sustain crops. Every year , heavy
summer rain in the Ethiopian highlands, sent a torrent of water that overflowed
the Nile.