Informative Essay: Egyptian Culture And Traditions

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From choosing this unfamiliar culture, I’m excited to look more into the Egyptian culture to find out if they still keep up with ancient traditions, rituals and most importantly, their consumption of food practices. Let’s take a short trip to Egypt. When I visualize Egypt, I see images of pyramids, colorful paintings, and food that looks simply delicious. Egypt is known for many things, especially its authentic cuisine. Their dishes have a combination of African, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern culinary. The culinary presentation is always inviting. A lot of their cooking involves a mixture of fruits, vegetables, herbs and seasonings. This makes the dishes delicious, healthy, full of flavor, colorful and vibrant.
Bread and beer were the Egyptians staple foods followed by fruits, vegetable and meats. The bread was gritty and the beer was strained. After thousands of years – bread, beer and rice remain staple foods for the Egyptian culture. Now that I think back to my History class, I …show more content…

So I decided to talk to the waitress that took my order and told her what my school project was about. She had time to answer a few questions. The first question I asked was, is this a family owned business? She told me that the restaurant is family owned; there are no other chains. I asked her how long has the restaurant been in business. She said Chef Shalout has been in business since 2012. I asked her about approximately how many people work there? She said only about 5 people. I found out that the Chef, from Mansoura, Egypt and he loves preparing Egyptian Mediterranean food. He opened the restaurant to share some his home cooked meals with others. The waitress told me that he has over twenty years of experience in dining and cooking. His favorite meal to prepare is fish. I found out that he is also a photographer. In fact, he took most of the photos that were hanging on walls inside the

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