What's the oldest known recipe?

Live Science ^ | April 19, 2025 | Marilyn Perkins (exotic animals cuisine?)

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[SunkenCiv]

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[Jonty30]

What is?
Probably something like honey and water.

[MtnClimber]

A pie stuffed with songbird. Yum.

[dynachrome]

This a fun one, but some of the recipes are a bit dangerous.

https://www.amazon.com/Sip-Through-Time-Collection-Brewing/dp/0962859834

“A Sip Through Time, A Collection of Old Brewing Recipes contains, in a single illustrated volume, over 400 documented historic recipes for ale, beer, mead, metheglin, cider, perry, hypocras, wines, etc., dating from 1800 B.C. to modern times.”

[tired&retired]

In making beer, recipes are only needed by those who have had too much beer.

[ComputerGuy]

One Bourbon
One Scotch
One Beer

[Red Badger]

Mammoth Flambe..............

[KobraKai]

Fermented beverages are the winner here. More than 5,000 years old.

[Red Badger]

[The Louiswu]

Kill animal, skin and gut animal, roast animal for a while over magical hot stuff that burn and enjoy.

[Red Badger]

[mewzilla]

Ask You Tuber Max Miller.

I love his YouTube channel Tasting History, and his cookbook.

[Track9]

Potion number 9

[Celtic Conservative]

In some cases closer to 10,000. Some archeologists even think that the impetus to grow cereal grains (aka agriculture) came from a desire to make beer.

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[SMARTY]

Ice cubes?

[ChronicMA]

squirrel tartare

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Eye of newt and toe of frog...

[Texas Fossil]

Where are the Jalapeno’s on a stick? smile

Great cartoons.