TIL what the ancient Mesopotamians ate for dinner
TIL what the ancient Mesopotamians ate for dinner
In Ancient Babylonia, soups and stews reigned supreme. Food historians are now using taste-tests to recover their forgotten flavours.
for the lamb stew known as tu'hu, first you get water. Then you sear leg meat in fat. In go salt, beer, onion, rocket, coriander, Persian shallot, cumin, beets, water. Crushed leek and garlic and more coriander, for a fiery taste. Then add kurrat, an Egyptian leek.
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The YouTube channel “Tasting History” has a video on this. If you’re interested in the history of food, that channel is fantastic.
That sounds great! I'll check it out. Thanks!
That is a legitimately great channel. It is worth a watch
I was recently introduced to tasting history and it's become the new obsession in our house. My wife even bought his cookbook.