Textbooks 4,000 years ago
Recently, a recipe recorded in cuneiform was successfully cracked. It is reported that this cookb
Textbooks 4,000 years ago
Recently, a recipe recorded in cuneiform was successfully cracked. It is reported that this cookbook has a history of nearly 4000 years and is the oldest cookbook known in science. This cookbook was carved on a clay tablet in ancient Babylonian and Assyrian characters, belonging to Mesopotamian civilization. Today, this field covers countries such as Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
These clay tablets are currently stored in the Babylonian Research Center of Yale University. Three of them were produced about 1730 BC, and the other one was produced about 1000 years later.
According to reports, these clay tablets recorded 25 unique recipes, but did not introduce specific cooking methods, but simply listed the required ingredients. Most recipes have only four short lines.
A recipe introduces the method of mutton: put the meat in boiling water, add fine salt, dried barley cake, onion, Persian onion and milk. Mash, add leek and garlic.
According to reports, these clay tablets recorded 25 unique recipes, but did not introduce specific cooking methods, but simply listed the required ingredients. Most recipes have only four short lines.
The raw materials involved in these recipes include fish sauce on the Roman table, vegetarian food in the Song Dynasty, and postmodern squid ink on Blankman in the Middle Ages. They look colorful.
Mutton stew is made of salt, barley biscuits, onions, Persian onions and milk. You can also add leek and garlic after crushing. The rotten taste after cooking is unexpected, which is really great. This manual is more like a list of ingredients than a real recipe.
Another dish is similar to chicken pie, with multiple layers of dough and chicken pieces covered with a thick layer of Babylonian cream sauce. It is reported that the pudding made of nettle, barley flour and water (with roasted hedgehog and fish sausage sauce) is actually the oldest recipe in the world, dating back to 6000 BC. It is understood that this research has helped humans understand the evolution of cooking methods from ancient times to the present.