Tuh’u - A 4,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Lamb Stew. Lost Recipe of Babylon!

Описание: I cooked one of the world’s oldest recipes – from 1740 BCE Mesopotamia – and it blew my mind!
Welcome to Rediscovering Foods, where we explore history one bite at a time. Today, we recreate Tuh’u, a 4,000-year-old lamb stew based on ancient Akkadian clay tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection.

This is NOT just a meat stew — it’s a culinary time machine! Featuring beer, cumin, and herbs, this dish reveals the surprising sophistication of Mesopotamian cuisine. 🍺🌿

📜 Tuh’u comes from the world’s oldest recipe book—a set of three cuneiform tablets dating back to the Old Babylonian period (ca. 1740 BCE), translated by Jean Bottéro.

👇 Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:08 - Who cooked this 4,000 years ago?
1:18 - What does “Tuh’u” mean?
1:30 - History
3:02 - Ingredients & substitutions
3:38 - Step-by-step cooking
6:10 - Ancient nutrition & chemistry
7:10- Tasting & conclusion

🍖 Ingredients (Modern Measurements):

1 lb lamb leg meat, diced

½ cup rendered sheep fat (or olive oil)

1 cup Mesopotamian-style beer (or malty ale)

½ cup water

½ tsp salt

1 small onion, chopped

2 tbsp arugula, chopped

2 tbsp cilantro, chopped

2 tbsp samidu (semolina flour)

1 tsp ground cumin

1 small beet, diced

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 leek, chopped

1 tbsp suhutinnu (substitute with asafoetida or fennel)

Fresh cilantro for garnish

📚 Historical Sources & References:

Bottéro, J. (1995). The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia

Bottéro, J. (1987). Textes culinaires mésopotamiens

Civil, M. (1964). A Hymn to Ninkasi

Ellison, R. (1984). “Cooking in Ancient Mesopotamia,” Iraq, Vol. 46

Zeder, M. (1991). Feeding Cities: Specialized Animal Economy in the Ancient Near East

Postgate, J.N. (1992). Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the Dawn of History

Evershed, R. (2008). “Organic Residue Analysis in Archaeology”

Miller, N. (2008). “Botanical Aspects of Food in Ancient Mesopotamia”

Pollock, S. (1999). Ancient Mesopotamia: The Eden That Never Was

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