Egyptian Farming
I wake up in the morning to find the hot sun shining through my window. I get out of bed and change into the same farming clothes and sandals I wear every day. I splash some cold water on my face, and go to eat my breakfast. When I get out, breakfast is almost ready. I ate bread with butter and fruit. After that, I get ready to go to work while my wife cleans the house and cooks.
I gaze out on the farm right near my home. I hear the wind blowing against the trees every once in a while, but mostly I see plants and crops that don’t have enough water from the sunlight. Being a farmer is a tiring job. We must work hard every single day to farm the foods we eat. I really do not want to do this, but we have no choice. We are all tired and need a break. I relax against a tree. I feel so happy to finally get a break. I love this part of the day the best. What I like about farming is that we have a lot of space to do whatever we want, but it is still a really tiring job. We eat bread and butter, and after lunch we have to go back to work again. I harvest the wheat to get flour, and then go down to the Nile to collect more water. We collect fruits from the trees. Fruits we ate were grapes, figs, plums, melons, and papyrus reeds. We dry half of the fruits in the sun, and keep the rest fresh fruit. I go and tend the cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, and oxen. The sun is at it’s strongest part of the day. Beads of sweat went over my forehead. I feel like I am about to faint, with the sun shining so hard on us. My throat feels dry, and I drink some water and instantly I feel better, but my throat still stings from dehydration. We work through the hottest part of the day, and finally, when the sun sets, we go home.
When I get home, supper is ready. I sit at the table and eat some fruit, meat, bread, and vegetables. Some of the vegetables we got from farming the fields were onions, leeks, garlic, beans, lettuce, lentils, cabbages, radishes, and turnips. After dinner, I finally get to take a rest before the next days work.
I wake up in the morning to find the hot sun shining through my window. I get out of bed and change into the same farming clothes and sandals I wear every day. I splash some cold water on my face, and go to eat my breakfast. When I get out, breakfast is almost ready. I ate bread with butter and fruit. After that, I get ready to go to work while my wife cleans the house and cooks.
I gaze out on the farm right near my home. I hear the wind blowing against the trees every once in a while, but mostly I see plants and crops that don’t have enough water from the sunlight. Being a farmer is a tiring job. We must work hard every single day to farm the foods we eat. I really do not want to do this, but we have no choice. We are all tired and need a break. I relax against a tree. I feel so happy to finally get a break. I love this part of the day the best. What I like about farming is that we have a lot of space to do whatever we want, but it is still a really tiring job. We eat bread and butter, and after lunch we have to go back to work again. I harvest the wheat to get flour, and then go down to the Nile to collect more water. We collect fruits from the trees. Fruits we ate were grapes, figs, plums, melons, and papyrus reeds. We dry half of the fruits in the sun, and keep the rest fresh fruit. I go and tend the cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, and oxen. The sun is at it’s strongest part of the day. Beads of sweat went over my forehead. I feel like I am about to faint, with the sun shining so hard on us. My throat feels dry, and I drink some water and instantly I feel better, but my throat still stings from dehydration. We work through the hottest part of the day, and finally, when the sun sets, we go home.
When I get home, supper is ready. I sit at the table and eat some fruit, meat, bread, and vegetables. Some of the vegetables we got from farming the fields were onions, leeks, garlic, beans, lettuce, lentils, cabbages, radishes, and turnips. After dinner, I finally get to take a rest before the next days work.
Life As a Farmer in Ancient Egypt
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Cleopatra's Dulcis Coccora: a dessert from ancient Egypt
INGREDIENTS
Prepare the sweets by mixing the flour and water and adding dried figs and walnuts.
Shape the mixture into little balls to cook and caramelize in the boiling honey.
Let the dulcis cool and serve them adorned with pomegranate seeds or slices of your preferred fruit.
INGREDIENTS
- Flour200 g
- Water100 g
- Dried fruit and nuts200 g
- HoneyAs needed
- Fresh fruit300 g
- Preparation time15 m
- Cooking time10 m
- Recipe categoryDessert
- Recipe yield4
- Recipe cuisineMiddle Eastern
Prepare the sweets by mixing the flour and water and adding dried figs and walnuts.
Shape the mixture into little balls to cook and caramelize in the boiling honey.
Let the dulcis cool and serve them adorned with pomegranate seeds or slices of your preferred fruit.