Ancient Greek food

[Carlton Bach]

Thanks, Volker, I must try to get hold of Dalby's book.

"..used muchless dairy..." I would assume that means less butter and, perhaps, cow's milk? Cheese is such a staple among subsistence agriculturalists.

THey most definitely used cheese, but not ion the quantities it is used in modern greek cuisine, and possibly no yoghurt at all. They also drank milk and ate a version of whipped cream, but these were most likely midlevel luxury foods, not daily staples (think steak - not caviar, but not toast and cheese, either). Butter is unlikely - at least I have never heard of it, and the Romans learned of it from the northern peoples.