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Sumerian proverb

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Taking selfies with King Ashurnasirpal 🤳🏼📸

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In ancient Mesopotamia, food offerings were made to the gods four times each day. If you want to try this moon bread that was offered to the moon god Sin, visit tableofgods.com/moonbread

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The Sumerians were the first cheesemakers in history and made a variety of cheeses.

Some of their cheeses were distinguished by flavor—like honey cheese or mustard cheese—while others were identified by shape: round, sharp, small, or large.

It’s unknown whether Sumerian cheesemakers used rennet, the enzyme that coagulates milk into solid curds to make hard cheeses, though they had access to both animal and fig-sap rennet. But they were certainly aware of coagulation caused by acid and heat—which produces ricotta-like cheeses.

If you want to try this mustard-flavored cheese, visit tableofgods.com/cheese

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Dates were the most abundant fruit in southern Mesopotamia and the Sumerians increased their harvest by gathering pollen from male date palms and climbing the female trees to pollinate them by hand.

This date ball recipe is one of 60+ Mesopotamian recipes from my upcoming cookbook, Table of Gods. Here are some photos from people who've tried it.

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Makes sense. I never return my mom’s bread.

If you want to try this 5,000-year-old Sumerian barley bread (called “bappir”) visit tableofgods.com/bappir

But I warn you. It’s dense. Very dense.

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The most powerful weapon in ancient warfare was not foot soldiers, siege towers, or chariots—but food. The side that ran out of it always lost. That’s why 10 percent of Assyrian forces were butchers, chefs, and bakers. The Assyrian army, which was the largest in the world during the early Iron Age, carefully planned food supplies before they went on campaigns.

Each soldier needed 3,000 calories a day, but the army didn’t cook until they set up camp. Which is why it’s likely they also carried high-calorie snacks in their pockets. In Assyria, bakers used grape syrup in bread, cakes, and confections.

Perhaps this confection—which is still popular in the Middle East—was something Assyrian wives made for their husbands before they went to war.

It goes by many names today and its origins are hard to trace, so let's not go to war about it. It likely developed thousands of years ago in regions where viticulture and nut cultivation thrived—such as northwest Asia and the Caucasus.

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4,000 years ago, a Mesopotamian king feared the gods wanted him dead. To fool the gods, he gave his crown and kingship to a random gardener. The idea? Let the gods strike the wrong man, then reclaim the throne once the danger had passed.*

But the Mesopotamian gods weren’t so easily fooled. While hiding in the palace, the real king dined on porridge. It was hot. Very hot. Allegedly so hot he choked and died.

The gardener? He stayed king for 24 years. And the porridge? We’ve made our version, but served with cold milk. Just to be on the safe side.

Visit tableofgods.com/porridge to get the recipe.

This is one of 60+ Mesopotamian recipes from my upcoming cookbook, Table of Gods. Visit tableofgods.com/yt to join +75,000 people on the waitlist.

*This is a true story based on a ritual called shar puhi, or “substitute king.” Whether it was the gods, the porridge, or the gardener who killed the king remains a mystery. The king’s name was Erra-imitti and the doomed gardener who took his place was Enlil-bani.

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When someone in ancient Assyria said ”he’s the man of my salt” it meant he was a friend and could be trusted 🤝

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