Barley was the first grain to be cultivated by the ancient Egyptians. There is ample evidence that barley was 

baked into loaves that were fermented to make beer. There is, however, no indication that Egyptians of that period ever ate loaves of barley or that they cooked barley to make any other food. Since the possibility that they 

consumed barley raw can be safely dismissed, it seems probable that at one period the ancient Egyptians 

consumed cultivated grain in the form of beer only.