This is fascinating and does not imply any real inequality in foods eaten by each gender. If anything, the women
had possibly better diets. The thing that came to mind with me is that traditional fishermen eat a lot of
fish. I spent many days on a Turkish fishing boat on the Black Sea. We brought salt, bread and veggies and ate
fish caught during the day, usually anchovy
type small
fish that were grilled. Water, raki, and beer rounded out the meals.The rest of the
fish got sold in
port. Eating at Turkish homes, there was also seafood a lot, but more often than not it was more of a snack of yogurt and things like strawberries in season. And always bread. A big meal for guests, of course, was more elaborate. The stuff I
had at friend's homes were things they produced themselves, from
goat milk and the garden.
Virgil