bread is highly praised among them. abdullah bin habib alanbari one of the banu samra was called the bread eater because he did not eat dates and did not like milk. he was the master of the banu alanbar in his time. when they boasted they would say one of us eats bread and one of us protects birds meaning thobe bin shajma alanbari. they prefer meat to milk and that is why their poet said
والخبز عندهم ممدوح. وكان عبد الله بن حبيب العنبري، أحد بني سمرة، يقال له آكل الخبز، لأنه كان لا يأكل التمر ولا يرغب في اللبن. وكان سيدبني العنبر في زمانه. وهم إذا فخروا قالوا منا آكل الخبز ومنا مجير الطير، يعني ثوب ابن شجمة العنبري. وهم يقدمون اللحم على اللبن، ولذلك قال شاعرهم