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What Did People Eat 4,000 Years Ago? Professor Tries the Oldest Known Recipes

Eating is one of the most basic activities we engage in to survive. Since the dawn of humanity, people have been using vegetables, fruits, and animal products to meet their nutritional needs. Thousands of years ago, as humans started using fire, a whole new culinary tradition began to emerge. People began combining various ingredients, cooking them together to create different recipes, and over time, they developed their own culinary culture, passing these recipes down from generation to generation. Bill Sutherland, a professor of conservation biology at the University of Cambridge, decided to try cooking these ancient recipes and shared his experiences on social media. Using recipes from Mesopotamian tablets, Sutherland created some fascinating dishes. Let’s take a look at this professor’s intriguing cooking journey.

Bill Sutherland is a professor of conservation biology at the University of Cambridge. While he enjoys spending time in the kitchen, he must have grown tired of cooking the same dishes over and over again, as he decided to try cooking recipes that are 4,000 years old!

Using recipes from Babylonian tablets dating back to 1750 BC, Sutherland cooked what are now known as the oldest recipes in history. Sutherland’s Mesopotamian feast consists of four dishes and a loaf of bread.

He first heard about these recipes from Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid, an expert on Mesopotamian culture, and then purchased a book containing these recipes to try them out. The preparation took about an hour, and the cooking process lasted for several hours.

One of the first recipes he made was Stew of Lamb, served with barley cakes, crushed leeks, and garlic. Professor Sutherland said that the recipes were surprisingly short and confusing, so he had to make some decisions on how to use certain ingredients, such as sautéing the garlic and onions before adding them to the dish.

Next up was Tuh, a dish filled with a variety of flavors that Professor Sutherland found quite appealing. It consists of leeks, onions, garlic, and coriander, other vegetables and herbs. However, he still mentioned stew of lamb as his favorite.

Let’s continue with a dish called Unwinding. This dish is made from sautéed spinach, onions, and sourdough breadcrumbs. It may not look bad, but it wasn’t particularly tasty, according to the professor.

Finally, there’s Elamite soup, a slightly more modern version, as the original recipe included sheep’s blood. Professor Sutherland decided to use tomato sauce instead of sheep’s blood, and he found the soup to be quite delicious.

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