What did your ancestors eat?
chani8
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I eat a fairly 'clean' diet that is called Primal Blueprint/Paleo style of eating, if any of you have heard of such a thing. It basically states that we should eat the way our ancestors ate, and exercise they way they did.
So I ask, what did our Jewish ancestors eat? If you go all the way back to Adam and Chava's sons, they were already farming and raising sheep (presumably to drink their milk and eat them?). Avraham served meat and bread to the angels.
I was mentioning to my husband that a doctor online claims that meat is toxic to people. My husband's comment was, "Kosher meat is different." Got me thinking.
What do you think our ancestors in Eretz Yisroel ate on a daily basis 3500 years ago?
So I ask, what did our Jewish ancestors eat? If you go all the way back to Adam and Chava's sons, they were already farming and raising sheep (presumably to drink their milk and eat them?). Avraham served meat and bread to the angels.
I was mentioning to my husband that a doctor online claims that meat is toxic to people. My husband's comment was, "Kosher meat is different." Got me thinking.
What do you think our ancestors in Eretz Yisroel ate on a daily basis 3500 years ago?
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We know they had the shivas haminim. This also includes wheat. At time of churban oil and wheat were vonsidered staples which is why they were stockpiled.0
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Great on the shivas haminim!!! I think I can get all of these locally, and it would be fun to incorporate them into our meals.
If I can't get rimon, I can get rimon wine. I'll have to check how much sugar it has in it.
Being low carb, I haven't had barley in ages, though. A little barley won't put me over my macros, though, if I'm careful.
Sounds fun!0 -
What do i care what they ate? I'm not them. I live in a modern world and I need to eat for my lifestyle.0
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Today I made sure to have one of the shivas haminim with my brunch. I ate Israeli olives and it was nice to bentch afterwards.
I usually only eat wheat on shobbos.
Quinoa is a modern food that is popular, and while browsing the internet, I learned that Barley, one of the shivas haminim is even better for us than quinoa. So i'm going to add it to our menu as an alternative option to quinoa and rice.0 -
Quinoa, rice and barley are very different things.
First of all, quinoa isn't modern, it's ancient. And it's a seed. Barley is a grain.0 -
why cant you get rimonim?
my 7 yr old happens to be into them.
weve been getting really nice big ones0 -
I got organic rimonim! And I've been incorporating at least one of the shivas haminim into each meal. It's so fun! Makes me feel connected to my ancestors, instead of Paleo Man.0
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We know exactly what they ate.
Dates
Olives
Olive Oil
Grapes
Figs
Pomegranates
Chick Peas
Durum Wheat (not gmo, more dense in nutrients.)
Barley (non GMO)
Rice (introduced during the time of the 2nd temple)
carob
black mulberry
some kind of orchard fruit which may have been an apple or a quince
Mulberry
Almond
Walnut
Pistachio
honey
goat
lamb
dove
pigeon
duck
goose
quail
partridge
Chicken (introduced during roman period)
fish
wine
milk
beer (brewed from barley)
Not written, but presumed eaten:
squash
leeks
garlic
onions
black radishes
muskmelon
watermelons
dandelion greens
Orach
Leeks
Rocket (arugala family)
Herbs and spices included capers, coriander, cumin and black cumin, dill, dwarf chicory, hyssop, marjoram, mint, black mustard, reichardia, saffron and thyme. Some seasonings were imported, such as myrrh, galbanum, saffron and cinnamon0
