Notes on Food

• Early diet for men and animals was plants - Genesis 1:29-30; 3:18
• That included fruit - Genesis 2:16
• Man's diet was changed to include meat after the flood - Genesis 9:3

Beans

• Beans - II Samuel 17:27-29
• Lentils - II Samuel 17:27-29

Bread

• Cakes - Genesis 18:6-8 (note: kneading shows gluten in the flour)
• Flour mixed with oil - I Kings 17:12
• General references - Exodus 16:3
• Loaves of bread - I Samuel 25:18

Cucumbers

• Cucumbers - Numbers 11:5

Fish

• Fish - Numbers 11:5

Flour

• Fine Flour - Ezekiel 16:13
• General - II Samuel 17:27-29
• Ground - II Chronicles 2:10

Fruits

• Raisins - I Samuel 25:18
• Figs - I Samuel 25:18
• Grapes - Deuteronomy 32:14
• Pomegranates - Deuteronomy 8:8

Grains

• Barley - Deuteronomy 8:8; Ruth 2:23; II Samuel 17:27-29; Isaiah 28:25; Jeremiah 41:8
• Millet - Ezekiel 27:17
• Parched - II Samuel 17:27-29
• Roasted - I Samuel 25:18
• Spelt - Exodus 9:32; Isaiah 28:25
• Wheat - Genesis 30:14; Exodus 9:32; Deuteronomy 8:8; Ruth 2:23; II Samuel 17:27-29; Isaiah 28:25; Jeremiah 41:8; Ezekiel 27:17

Garlic

• Garlic - Numbers 11:5

Honey

• Deuteronomy 8:8; II Samuel 17:27-29; Jeremiah 41:8; Ezekiel 27:17

Leeks

• Leeks - Numbers 11:5

Meats

• Calf - Genesis 18:7; Luke 15:23, 27
• Gazelle - Proverbs 6:5; Isaiah 13:14
• Goat - Genesis 27:9
• Sheep - I Samuel 25:18; II Samuel 17:27-29
• Stews - Exodus 16:3

Milk Products

• Butter - Genesis 18:6-8
• Cheese - II Samuel 17:27-29
• Curds - Deuteronomy 32:14; II Samuel 17:27-29
• Milk - Genesis 18:6-8; Deuteronomy 32:14

Oils

• General references - Ezekiel 27:17
• Olive - Deuteronomy 8:8
• Pressed - I Kings 5:11

Onions

• Onions - Numbers 11:5

Pastries

• Pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil - Ezekiel 16:13

Seeds

• Parched - II Samuel 17:27-29

Spices

• cinnamon - Revelation 18:13
• Cummin - Isaiah 28:25
• Salt - Ezra 2:10