Cuisine Cividade de Terroso

the population lived agriculture, ate seafood, bread , hunted animals.

the population lived agriculture, culture of cereals such wheat , barley, , of vegetables (the broadbean) , acorn.

the concheiro found in cividade showed ate raw or coocked limpets, mussels , sea urchins. these species still broadly common. fishing must not have been regular activity, given lack of archaeological evidence, discovery of hooks , net weights showed castro people able catch fish of considerable size such grouper , snook.

barley farmed produce kind of beer, nicknamed zythos. beer considered barbaric drink greeks , romans given fact accustomed subtleness of wine. acorn smashed create kind of flour.

pickings wild plants, fruits, seeds , roots complemented dietary staple; ate , picked wild blackberries, dandelion, clovers , kelps. of these vegetables still used local population today. romans introduced consumption of wine , olive oil.

the animals used castro people confirmed classical documents , archaeological registers, , included horses, pigs, cows , sheep. interesting note there cultural taboo against eating of horses or dogs.

there little evidence of poultry during castro culture period, during period of roman influence became quite common.

although there fragmentary evidence in cividade, hunting must have been part of everyday life given classic sources, such strabo , pliny elder describe region rich in fauna, including: wild bear, deer, wild boars, foxes, beavers, rabbits, hares , variety of birds; of have been valuable food sources.