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Sham el-Nisim (Egyptian Arabic: شم النسيم, Sham en-Nessim… The main features of the festival are: • People spend all day out picnicking in any space of green, public gardens, on the Nile. • Traditional food eaten on this day consists mainly of fesikh (a fermented, salted and dried grey mullet), lettuce, scallions or green onions, tirmis, and colored boiled eggs. The name of the holiday is derived from the Egyptian name of the Harvest Season, known as Shemu, which means a day of creation. According to annals written by Plutarch during the 1st century AD, the Ancient Egyptians used to offer salted fish, lettuce, and onions to their deities on this day.
