Ancient Greeks and their foods
Food in the ancient Greek times was very healthy and consisted of breads, vegetables, fruit, grains, wheat and barley. They grew olives, wheat, grapes and figs. They also kept animals such as goats for their milk, and to make cheese with. Bread, beans and olives were stables within their diets. When in season, they ate lots of fruit and vegetables, but they kept dried fruit for the winter months. As they did not have access to sugar in this period, they used honey as a natural sweetener.
Many of the Greeks lives near to the sea, so seafood such as fish, squid and shellfish were also important within their diets. They did not eat meat as much as they considered it to be wrong to kill domesticated animals, but sometimes animals were killed for sacrifices to the gods and some of the meat was consumed after. Mainly the rich had access to meats such as hares, deer and wild boar. They drank watered down wine as their main drink. They did not drink milk as it was considered a barbaric thing to do.
The elite classes ate in the privacy of their own homes, whereas the poor and the slaves ate in public.