3,800-year-old Babylonian tablets contain recipe!

Yahoo News ^ | 11/12/01

[Libloather]

Monday November 12 10:18 AM ET

Ancient Tablets Offer Beer Primer

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A Syrian-Belgian-British archaeological mission unearthed 3,800-year-old Babylonian beer-making instructions on cuneiform tablets at a dig in northern Syria.

Abdel-Massih Baghdo, director of the Hassakeh Archaeological Department, told The Associated Press in a telephone call that the 92 tablets were found in the 14th layer of Tell Shagher, a site just north of Hassakeh. He said the tablets showed beer-making methods and tallied quantities of beer produced and distributed in the region.''

Hassakeh, 400 miles northeast of Damascus, is known these days for its wheat production.

[PJ-Comix]

Beer...Bier...Cerveza...Piva. But what did the Babylonians call it?

[Pharmboy]

Is there any indication as to when the beer companies will start producing Babylon Beer? Mmmmm...ancient beer...brewed for 3800 years.

Can't taste any worse than Coors Light.

[Libloather]

But what did the Babylonians call it?

I couldn't find it. Great info at the beer institute, though. ----> http://www.beerinstitute.org/history2.htm

[jjbrouwer]

[klee]

JJ pinging me on a beer article? Tell me it isnt so!! Youre probably one of those guys that has a distiller in the basement right?

[jjbrouwer]

That would require me to walk all the way downstairs. Far too lazy for that.

[klee]

Of course, and we wouldnt want to trip and spill a drop right?

[jjbrouwer]

I appreciate your concern, K-Lee. I do admire the folks who have impressive wine cellars. But if it is there it usually gets drunk at my gaffe...and I often don't remember doing it.

Perhaps it was the tooth-fairy.

[SunkenCiv]

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[ApplegateRanch]

Okay, who threw the hops & yeast in Mrs Enkidu’s barley chowder?

[ApplegateRanch]

So, can you convert that to the English system of measurements? And I do NOT mean 1 Ninkasi = 36-28-34!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Let’s drink to the tradition.

[BenLurkin]

1 (10 3/4 oz.) can Cream of Mushroom Soup

3/4 cup milk

1/8 tsp. black pepper

2 (9 oz. each) pkgs. frozen cut green beans, thawed*

1 1/3 cups French Fried Onions

Directions:
MIX soup, milk and pepper in a 1 1/2 -qt. baking dish. Stir in beans and 2/3 cup French Fried Onions.

BAKE at 350°F for 30 min. or until hot.

STIR. Top with remaining 2/3 cup onions. Bake 5 min. until onions are golden.

[SunkenCiv]

I look forward to the discovery of the 3,700 year old Babylonian capsules.

[SunkenCiv]

Every time Enkidu comes up, I start thinking about the “Darmok” episode of ST:TNG.

[SunkenCiv]

[clink!]

[Stat-boy]

“Temba, his arms wide.”

[ApplegateRanch]

Enki, dunky maggot, climbed up the nares, and fell to the chest...Bury me not in the lone ziggurat, where the sheep and the goats burn....

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“Darmok”

“Sokath, his eyes uncovered!” translation: “In the [sukkot; succoth] tent (booth) of the Ferengi, one must (keep his eyes peeled) be vigilant, lest he be cheated (more than usual).

[Redcitizen]

“Car magazines..” — I hear chrome covered chariot wheels were all the rage back then.