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TIL what the ancient Mesopotamians ate for dinner

www.bbc.com What the Mesopotamians had 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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Rocket, huh?

for a fiery taste
- Rocket is a vegetable. Also known as arugula. It's on the spicy side.
  
  You think it's spicy? I've never heard that honestly. A little peppery tasting, sure, but not spicy. Unless there's spicy varieties of it or something.
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
  
  It’s great: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIkaZtzr9JDmFc28KdUu2wCizIkFm0ntG
- I was recently introduced to tasting history and it's become the new obsession in our house. My wife even bought his cookbook.
Sounds really fkn delicious.
Those mfs were eating better than me.
That sounds delicious.
- I'm not a fan of beets, but it sounds good otherwise.

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