Egypt+by+Elliot

They make beer, bread and grow wheat in a desert?  The staple foods in Egypt are wheat and barley. They grow near the Nile River where they use the nearly infinite water to feed their crops. Today machines process food. In ancient Egypt women ground the wheat to flour, then the men pounded the flour to grain. Bread was placed on a mold in an open fire. The favorite beverages are beer and wine. The Egyptians used barley to make beer. Beer was made when barley was baked, then broken into pieces and mixed with grains in a large bottle of water and left to sit. The rich drank wine instead of beer. Wine was made when they would collect grapes, then workers squished the grapes and it would go into a sieve and collected juice. Although couscous is a favorite today wheat and barley are still the staple foods.

Click here for a [|fried eggs with white cheese recipe.] Click here for a [|couscous recipe.]

 Here are some fun facts of Egypt. 1 Over 90% of Egypt's religion are Muslims. 2 About 99% of Egypt's population is located in the Nile Valley. 3 Egypt's coordinates are 27 00N and 30 00 E.

Here are some unique facts about Egypt. 4 The Capitol is [|Cairo] as shown on the map below. 5. Cairo is one of the most polluted cities in the world. 6. Egypt has a semi presidential system which means that there is a prime minister and a president but the president reports to the king/queen before making any decision. 7. Egypt's president can serve unlimited terms 8. Egypt's 4th and current president [|Hosni Mubarak] has been president of Egypt since October 14 1981! 9. Egypt's famous [|Nile River] flows north which is unusual for rivers.