![]() ![]() ![]() These things that are essential nutrients to our bodies. They have protein, fat, vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. While today, we love almonds aside from their taste, but they're healthy. Somewhere along the way, there was a mutation, causing them to be safe, sweet, andĪttainable for humans to use as a food source. Historically, all almonds were actually highly poisonous to humans. Anyways, so almond trees aren't fully mature until they're 5 or 6 years old, including they dont produce fruit/almonds until year three. Because Almonds are actually the seed of a drupe fruit, but we'll go over that more at a later time. Almonds were one of the first fruit trees to be domesticated. Almonds have a more than 5,000 year long history. Even now, while there are traces of them from archaeological finds in Egypt, it isn't the same leek they had in biblical past.į had an interesting blog that contained a history of almonds that was a pretty cool read (Find that here) But I'll give you a quick synopsis. While leeks are also mentioned in the bible, they weren't really a staple or commonly used in the biblical diet, vegetable food group wise. because of the folate and phosphorus provided in lentils. They're also packed with folate, iron, phosphorus, potassium and fiber." This also means they're an excellent source for non meat eaters, aka your vegans, vegetarians. The Mayo Clinic states, "Lentils are high in protein and fiber and low in fat, which makes them a healthy substitute for meat. ![]() Both stews (nezid) and soups (marak) of pulse and other vegetables were prepared in these vessels, while garlic and onions were probably used in a similar way by the Babylonians to add flavor to the resulting dish." During the Israelite period, cooking pots were made of earthenware and were placed on clay stands built in a horseshoe shape, the opening being used to light the fire under the pot, or food was cooked in pots and suspended from tripods. John Cooper from Eat and be Satisfied A social history of Jewish food, writes:īread was in the biblical phrase the staff of life, but next in importance in the diet of the biblical age was pulse, such as lentils, beans, and peas, which could be made into a pottage or used to supplement bread in a variety of ways… Lentils, which are mentioned four times in the Bible, appear to have been domesticated in the Near East, where carbonized seeds have been discovered dating from 7000 or 6000 B.C.E…. (Little bit off topic, but i thought it was cool. It was his faith that purified the stew so that it could be eaten. Elisha, put some flour into the pot of stew and then said it could be served. As they were eating, it was cried out "man of God, there Is death in the pot" meaning the stew was killing them. Before eating, these people didn't know these gourds were actually very poisonous. In 2nd Kings where gourds are mentioned, the story brings about someone gathered herbs and found a wild vine that had gourds on it. Ornamentally, gourds were used in Solomon's temple. ![]() Gourds, which as I've researched have multiple names and also different types that look incredibly different. Fast forward to 1806, American colonial gardens had eight varieties of cucumbers growing. 8th and 9th centuries, Charlemagne grew cucumbers in his Italian Gardens. The Greeks and Romans also cultivated cucumbers. Back then, they were probably a lot more bitter than they are now, due to natural defenses against pests and insects. According to Cucumbers have been grown for food for over three thousand years. When the first colonists arrived at the new World, Native Americans taught them to grow beans with corn so the bean plants can climb the cornstalks.Ĭucumbers, native to India, is an ancient vegetable. Same time date beans found in Guitarrero Cave, an archaeological site in Peru which proves that beans appeared practically everywhere and where one of the staple foods of the early peoples. ![]()
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