Food



Agriculture took place outside of town walls Rice only grown in hot conditions with lots of water

Canals were made from rivers to dry land, also used water wheels, turned by animals

Common foods
Random list of food and food related things, by no means complete.

Bread & Grains

 * Flat bread
 * Rice


 * Barley


 * Wheat


 * Couscous

Meat & Dairy

 * Sheep - Most important source of milk and meat
 * Goat - meat and milk
 * Camel - meat and milk


 * Feta Cheese - made from goat's or camel's milk
 * Ox - milk, no meat, used for agriculture
 * Cow - milk, no meat, used for agriculture
 * Dried fish

Legumes

 * Chickpeas


 * Fava beans


 * Lentils

Fruit

 * Dates
 * Raisins
 * Apricots


 * Figs


 * Lemons


 * Limes


 * Oranges


 * Grapefruit


 * Pomegranates


 * Bananas
 * Dried fruit

Vegetables

 * Eggplant


 * Spinach


 * Asparagus


 * Artichoke


 * Carrots - mostly used as medicine

Spices

 * Salt - extremely important for trade
 * Sugar


 * Saffron - most expensive, hand picked from autumn flowering crocus


 * Pepper


 * Cumin


 * Cinnamon


 * Nutmeg


 * Coriander


 * Parsley


 * Mint


 * Cloves


 * Mustard

Nuts

 * Almonds - frequently used
 * Pistachios - rare, usually only eaten by the wealthy

Beverages

 * Fruit juices
 * Wine
 * Tea - hot and cold
 * Water
 * Coffee - Medicine to energize and give strength, prayer dances

Additional

 * Olives

Forbidden foods

 * Snakes - Snakes are often messengers from Seht, and some of them are sentient. No one within the temple would ever consider eating a snake.
 * Birds - Doves and peacocks are sacred to Anahita. While some within the temple will eat of a few birds, most abstain from fowl entirely.

Nonexistant food
These food items are not present in Haresh.
 * Tomatoes
 * Potatoes
 * Corn