100 ancient recipies

ANCIENT MEALS · 032 / 100 Meroitic Kush · Dangeil, Middle Nile Valley, modern Sudan · Approximately 300 BCE–100 CE in the temple archaeological setting Evidence: archaeological reconstruction. The historical evidence and modern cooking choices are distinguished below. Jump to recipe The mould changes the question A low mound of sorghum porridge stands on its plate after the bowl is lifted away. That simple modern demonstration addresses a real archaeological question. At Dangeil’s Amun temple in Sudan, conical pottery was initially understood as bread moulds. Julie Anderson and colleagues’ 2007 report identifies sorghum evidence on mould fragments and associated equipment, leading the investigators to question what the vessels actually held. The report describes experiments with stiff sorghum porridge, which can retain a mould’s shape. It also leaves a beverage or beer interpretation open. The later research on Dangeil’s temple context continues to describe the alternatives as porri...