were Italy and grece partners about food in the past?

The gastronomic tradition of Canosa di Puglia is strongly linked with Mediterranean tradition.
One of the most common is still burned wheat flour: it was a dark flour witch the old farmers obtained after the harvest. This was permitted by the landowners for those people who couldn’t have anything to eat for them and their families.
One of the most popular dishes obtained from dark and white flour is the “strascinati”, and the bread and ham, so called because every slice of bread has two different colours.

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Why is sport nutrition or diet important in football?

* Food provides us with energy for our muscles, brain and other organs. Football requires plenty of exercise, and therefore it is important to have energy available to us during the game. The energy available to us at any particular time depends on our blood sugar levels .
* If we over-eat, we become over-weight. The heavier we are, the more work our muscles have to do to take us the same distance. This reduces our stamina, and our ability to accelerate quickly. If we under-eat, we can become weak and our overall health can decline, because we are not getting enough nutrients.
* A healthy diet improves our general level of health, and can help us recover more quickly from injuries.
* Along with a program of fitness training, our diet can help us develop stamina and improve athletic performance.
* Diet is essential for our growth, and development.


Konstantinos Giagkou, class B1

What did the Ancient Greeks eat?

The foods of ancient Greece were similar to foods we eat today, but did not include many that have become important parts of modern Greek cooking. For example, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and bananas didn't arrive in Greece until after the discovery of the Americas in the 15th century, because that's where those foods originated. Lemons, oranges, eggplant, and rice also arrived later. But the ancient Greeks enjoyed a varied diet. Vegetables, legumes, and fruit were the mainstay, and fish was a favorite. Hunting brought game to the menu.

Sokratis Ananiadis, class B2

Ancient Greek Food

Food, for the Greeks, had all sorts of religious and philosophical meaning. The Greeks, to begin with, never ate meat unless it had been sacrificed to a god, or had been hunted in the wild. They believed that it was wrong to kill and eat a tame, domesticated animal without sacrificing it to the gods. Even with vegetables, many Greeks believed that particular foods were cleaner or dirtier, or that certain gods liked certain foods better than others. The Pythagoreans, for example, would not eat beans. But even if you were not a Pythagorean, the Greeks tended to think of the god Dionysos whenever they drank wine (which was often), and to think of Demeter and Persephone whenever they ate bread.

The Greeks ate mainly the Mediterranean triad, wheat (or barley or millet), wine, and olive oil. They also grew vegetables, especially legumes (lentils, beans, peas, chickpeas). Possibly they ate more fish than most other Mediterranean people. Also, because of their feelings about sacrificing meat, they may have eaten meat less than other people did.

Manolis Azoidis, class B1