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| Courtesy Cyprus Mail |
Flood waters receding and life returning to normal. A missing fifty-seven year old man who was found in his car on Tuesday is now listed as a death down to the flooding although not clear how. If the car was submerged this was not mentioned in the earlier news stories, though perhaps the Turkish reports contained more detail.
A Facebook account called Eats History suggests what a humble meal in Bethlehem at the time of the nativity would have included. “Bread, olives, and wine formed the foundation of daily life…olive oil flavored nearly everything, and figs, dates, and grapes provided natural sweetness….” Yoghurt, lentils, chickpeas and fava beans were were common as were soups and stews made with onions, garlic and herbs. Interesting read, as it’s both historical past and present for us, with quite a lot of overlap with our current diet here. Of course Cyprus is in the Middle East, the EU not withstanding. Breads mentioned in the posting are barley flatbreads and we eat mainly wheat based bread, but both barley and wheat are grown in Cyprus and have been here and throughout the Middle East for ten thousand years.
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