Man Cooked World's Oldest Mesopotamian Recipe Dish

Man cooks 'World's Oldest Mesopotamian Recipe' Dish using 1750 BCE tablet | Oldest Recipes In History 

The lockdown has helped many of us realize and explore our hidden talents. While some have found happiness in dancing, painting and being fit, a larger section found cooking and baking the most therapeutic way to keep calm. In the same league, a passionate home chef and Twitter user based in Cambridge, UK recently made a few dishes according to recipes mentioned in a tablet that dates back to 1750 BCE. In a tweet Bill Sutherland said, “I blame lockdown but for some reason decided to cook Babylonian meals from the recipe tablet on the right; at 1750 BCE are the oldest recipes existing. Seemed to go down OK "Best Mesopotamian meal I have eaten””.

He posted six tweets to share the pictures of various dishes he prepared following the 'World's Oldest Recipe’. Within no time, his 6 posts went viral and garnered over 58.5 k likes on Twitter. He cooked recipes from the tablet that features a list of ingredients with 25 recipes of stews and broths. In his posts, he also narrated how the age-old recipes tasted in real life. In one of the posts he wrote, "Stew of lamb. This was simple and delicious. Crumbled in a couple of barley cakes (made by daughter Tessa), which made a rich unctuous sauce. Crushed leek and garlic topping gave it a sharp edge 2/6"

Stew of lamb. This was simple and delicious. Crumbled in a couple of barley cakes (made by daughter Tessa), which made a rich unctuous sauce. Crushed leek and garlic topping gave it an sharp edge 2/6

He kept the posts very crystal clear and even revealed that he used tomato sauce in place of sheep's blood to prepare one of the dishes. As expected, Twitterati could not keep calm and posted all sorts of reactions to his post. While some of them really liked and appreciated his efforts, others were full of negativity. A food and cultural enthusiast commented on his post, "Didn't they have a vegetarian or vegan option? Very impressive, always wanted to know what life was like in mesopotamia since I studied Cultural evolution." Another curious user posted, "May I ask how you determined which plants and grain were specified on the Mesopotamian tablet, compared with those that you used for the recipe?"

An optimistic user called his post a blend of science, mystery and fun and wrote, "Thanks, this is an informative blend of science, ancient mystery, & fun. I would try any of these dishes." What do you make out of his posts? Would you try cooking an ancient meal like this? Share your feedback in the comment section.