They used:
~ red lentils
~ artichokes
~ onions, garlic
~ mushrooms
~ herbs and spices (to be added by the queen): thyme, kurkuma/tumeric, salt, pepper
The dish was highly regarded and valued because of the mushrooms that Cleopatra preferred to the meat. At that time the mushrooms were only served to the tables of noblemen and pharaohs as they were considered to be the Food Of Gods.
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