Biblical Food Part 1
June 14th 2009 06:41
biblical food
There are many references to food in the bible, even as to what is good and what is bad for you. There are cultural references to food and some have even gone so far as to make recipes from biblical ingredients.
There is an interesting story in the Bible about a young man called Daniel. When the Israelites are captured by Babylon, as part of the Israelite royal family Daniel and a few friends were brought to the Babylonian king's court and told to eat the royal food and drink the royal wine. Daniel and his friends, however, refused and asked them to test him and his friends for ten days only feeding them vegetables and water.
The results speak for themselves:
"At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food." Daniel 1:15
It seems the benefits of a high fibre diet were obvious even back in biblical days. We don't know what type of food and wine the royal court served up but my guess is it would have been highly seasoned and possibly refined for easy and large consumption
My next post I will endeavour to create a dish made from some of the ingredients in the Bible. Wish me luck!
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Comment by samaritan
Fringe Faith
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I look forward to seeing your dish made with ingredients from the bible.
One thing I have found interesting about biblical foods is that the dietary guidelines in the bible were good guidelines for eating healthy food. They weren't just laws given for the sake of making people follow them. They actually served a good purpose.
I was thinking about how Daniel chose not to eat the food served up to him just yesterday actually. He followed his conscience and ended up the better for it.
Samaritan
Comment by Samantha Elley
Food Journo
The Sandwich Shak
Vintage Foodie
Little House among the Canefields
So true about the guidelines, even down to the practice of not eating any cloven hoofed animal.
Even today with all our better hygienic practices (well, in comparison to living in a desert with no running water or anti-bacterial liquids) we are told to cook pork thorougly.
There's definitely wisdom there.
Sam
Comment by samantha-elley
Sam