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Modern food blogs wish they had this level of longevity. No popups, no ads, just stew!
A Babylonian stew prepared by Tasting History if anyone wants to try out an updated recipe:
https://www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/babylonianlambstewand a Babylonian tuh'u specifically made for the New Year celebrations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYYhoO-hiYAnd just yesterday Max posted a video about assyrian pomegranate beer
https://youtu.be/MO0lKDNKxmE
Table of the Gods is a similar channel specifically about recipes of ancient Mesopotamia. Very neat stuff, some of which I believe comes from this very tablet.
All this content proudly and shamelessly lifted from the evil empire. 🙂
As a feral Iberian still struggling with preparing acorns I might have to look into this new 'recipe' thing. Hope it's not just microwave recipes, which wasn't invented here yet. (Note to self: cooking acorns in milk makes milk coagulate?)
Huh! So you're on the Spanish / Portu Iberian peninsula, living a feral life? 😮
I remember reading about acorns in My Side of the Mountain, about a pre-teen boy who runs away and lives in the mountains for a season. IIRC acorns are really acidic, and need to be soaked, or something to get the tannins out in order to be edible. Those same tannins were evidently really handy for making leather, though.
In Medieval Europe, I believe there were also some leather preparation steps that involved urine and something else that smelled pretty darn foul. Gotta love the end-result, tho!
Ah, acorns... XD
Don't mind me, just here to updoot My Side of the Mountain. I remember reading that, and at least one of its sequels, way back in grade school. I wonder if it's due for a comeback. Seems like it would fit into "cozy lit" quite well, with its low stakes and ridiculously competent protagonist.
Haha, I'm a late-middle-aged bloke FWIW, and that book absolutely fascinated me. Just... the possibilities, you know? Ah... I love how this guy "John Plant" (i.e. Primitive Technology) teaches us how to make all kinds of useful stuff out... almost nothing, really!
https://www.youtube.com/@primitivetechnology9550/videos
Three soaks and cooking in milk haven't brought good results. Not acidic, but adstringent. Acorn coffee isn't bad. It was too tempting to experiment with them as they sit right on my driveway and the equines would get too fat if they ate them. I'm not feral enough for them yet. Leather unfortunately needs a lot of moving about besides the soaking in tannines, as far as I know.
The bellotas are for feeding to the jamón
Well you know, when in doubt, always follow the specificities of Illuminated Manuscripts!