[Sca-cooks] OP Mesopotamian Recipes

[Sandra J. Kisner]

I've had a quick look at this, and while it appears quite interesting, it also seems to fall afoul of the "this sort of thing doesn't change, so we can use the more complete information we have from later to fill in holes in the older stuff I'm actually writing about."  Trouble is, that "later" is hundreds of years, perhaps approaching 1000 in some cases.

Sandra

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Dear Randell ,

If you are interested in seeing the rest of the recipes, they are in "The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia" by Jean Bottero ( https://books.google.com/books?id=PxnaaTzC8tMC). It contains a complete translation of the tablets. It also does a good job of providing context.
The more current article provides a bit of updated information as well as a different perspective on the same. I've made several dishes working from this and have also been experimenting with the kind of grains listed in it to make bread, so I rate it as quite usable.

I hope this is helpful.

Yours,

Guillaume

The majority of the culinary section is in the article?
> They tease us by saying there are 25 recipes on one of the tablets and 
> only give us 4???
>
> Even partial recipes would be informative.
> There are just not enough food geeks in the world...sigh...
>
> Thanks for posting it up, it was very interesting!
>
> Randell Raye
>
> ________________________________
> All,
>
> I recently came across this article titled "The Ancient Mesopotamian 
> Tablet as Cookbook" (
>
> https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/ancient-mesopotamian-table
> t-cookbook
> )
> and wanted to share it here. It is an excerpt of "Ancient Mesopotamia 
> Speaks" which coves quite a bit of the contents and context of the 
> Yale Babylonian collection with a focus on their tablets. The majority 
> of the culinary section is in this article. There are additional bits 
> giving illustrations of seals and other depictions of foodways as well 
> as other sections that I am interested in, so I am pleased with my 
> purchase of the book. If you are only interested in the recipes, 
> though, just enjoy the article.
>
> Yours,
>
> Guillaume
>

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