تغير العادات الغذائية للمغاربة زمن القحط و المجاعة : نماذج من الفترة الوسيطية و الحديثة

Abstract EN

Throughout different historical periods, the Moroccan society went through successive years of famine and drought.

As a matter of fact, Moroccans resorted to new different eating habits to purposefully resist against such fatal hunger and at the same time as a survival strategy.

Upon that difficult situation and due to lack and sometimes no food supplies, Moroccan people were obliged to seek alternative foods in a way to survive and revive the society as a whole.

In fact, relying on plants, grass, wild trees’ fruits were all examples of the alternatives.

Not surprisingly, even animals, insects, and human flesh were also among the alternative foods that Moroccans sought so as to face food scarcity.

Thus, a number of new behavioral and eating habits came to the surface aiming at successfully pass the food ordeal.

However, the problem of the alternative foods that Moroccans resorted to is moving from an exceptional behavior that they lived through in that specific period to a habitual behavior, and therefore, foods which were merely alternatives would possibly become not only an essential part of the Moroccan food system but also a foothold in that system.