The world's oldest recipe
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[Recipe from 4,000 years ago] Mutton, water, fine salt, dry barley cake, onions, Persian shallots and milk； Mash and add leeks and garlic - this is the oldest recipe in human history, recorded on stone tablets in cuneiform writing. The slab is now at Yale University. Several tablets come from Mesopotamia, which in ancient times was called Babylon and Assyria, equivalent to parts of today's Iraq, Syria and Türkiye. 30 stews and broths discovered ； But they were all broken, with either missing ingredient lists or incomplete cooking instructions and presentation suggestions. An interdisciplinary team, led by an expert in Assyriology, is working to bring these recipes back to life while maintaining historical authenticity, ultimately hoping to provide a deeper understanding of ancient cultures through taste.
I think that even if you make a real thing according to the complete recipe, it will not have the flavor of 4000 years ago. So the meaning of this recipe is to understand these kinds of things and several kinds of real things that were made 4000 years ago.
Forehead. . Does this mean crushing it into a lump and then roasting it? Or does it mean adding salt and water to the dry barley cake, crushing it into a cake base, and then mincing the onion, garlic, chives, salt and mutton and roasting it on top? Is this the earliest version of naan meat?~
Why do you have to mash it? Wouldn’t it taste better if you bake it directly?
Yes, it’s great to bake directly.