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The Ancient Mesopotamian Tablet as Cookbook
- ahje 7y agoIt looks and sounds delicious. I need to try those at home! :)
- ThePirateofOz 7y agoYou should try Egyptian cooking. I love me a good foot, eye, Iris, scarab, cat, snake and Ibis stew.
- baud147258 7y agoThe article could have used some pictures to illustrate each of the recipes
- java-man 7y agoThe article does contain very nice illustrations of the cuneiform text, which, in my opinion, are of greater value.
- senorsmile 7y agoAgreed. As an armchair assyriologist, this makes me happy.
- mattferderer 7y agoI've never considered the difficulty it must be for historians to try & understand sarcasm before.
- stronglikedan 7y agoMost people don't even understand it today.
- mcguire 7y agoSumerians had a great sense of humor. It's a pity historians don't.
- AdmiralAsshat 7y agoI wanna know more about the barley cakes that are being used in several of the recipes. My thought is that they're probably being used like bread to dissolve and thicken, but then why the cakes instead of just barley? My assumption would be that perhaps pre-baked cakes were better for longterm storage (think hardtack), but I'm not sure.