Editing Scythians (section)

===Diet===
The Scythians ate the [[meat]] from the horses, cattle, and sheep they reared.{{sfn|Parzinger|2004|p=83}}{{sfn|Jacobson|1995|p=30}} [[Milk]], especially that of [[mare]]s, was also an important part of the Scythians' diet, and it was both consumed and used to make [[cheese]] and an alcoholic drink made from milk similar to the [[kumis|{{translit|ru|kumys}}]] still widely consumed by Eurasian steppe nomads.{{sfn|Jacobson|1995|p=30}}{{sfn|Parzinger|2004|p=83-84}} The Scythians also consumed wheat and millet in the form of a porridge.{{sfn|Cunliffe|2019|p=119}} The Scythians also supplemented, to varying extents depending on the regions where they lived, their diets by hunting [[deer]], [[Saiga antelope|steppe antelopes]], [[beaver]]s, and other wild animals, as well as by fishing from the large rivers flowing through Scythia.{{sfn|Jacobson|1995|p=30}}{{sfn|Parzinger|2004|p=84}} Cooking was mainly done in cauldrons{{sfn|West|2002|p=451}} and over fires using dried dung as fuel.{{sfn|West|2002|p=447}}

In addition to these, the Scythians consumed large amounts of [[wine]], which they bought from the Greeks. Unlike the Greeks, who diluted wine with water before drinking it, the Scythians drank it undiluted.{{sfn|Parzinger|2004|p=99}} During the earlier phase of the Scythian Pontic kingdom, wine was primarily consumed by the aristocracy, and its consumption became more prevalent among the wealthier members of the populace only after the 5th century BC.{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=153}}