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fandomhigh2019-09-20 09:29 am
sharp_man) wrote in fandomhigh2019-09-20 09:29 am
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Cooking Through History, Period 2
When the students arrived today, they would find themselves in a large, fairly open cave. To one side, the stone had been excavated into an alcove and a fire built there. Hannibal stood, tending it with a poker that was distinctly not appropriate to any time prior to the last few centuries. There were limits to his willingness to embrace history.
"Welcome," he said to them, waving them toward logs to sit on that were surprisingly comfortable. "Once humans had mastered fire and learned to use it, they also began taming it. One of the first ways they did that was by using hearths. Broadly, a hearth is any area dedicated to having a fire in it, but more specifically, we're discussing the type that was bound by stone - or later, brick - and that allowed for other methods of cooking than simply putting the food directly on or in the fire."
He picked up a pair of anachronistic tongs and dug in the coals, pulling out a good-sized rock. "Once pottery was also invented, stones could be put in them to warm liquid food, making soups and stews easier, and making it possible to eat foods that took longer, slower processing. Agriculture was made more palatable, literally, particularly in some areas where limestone was used.
"Today, we will be cooking two things: zamzaganu, which comes to us from a Babylonian recipe, and beer, which is possibly more ancient in provenance." Don't get excited, kids. "There are plenty of stones for you to use to heat your water, and you will all have modern tongs to retrieve them with." Again, please try not to set yourselves on fire.
He waved them toward it. "Please ask if you have any questions."
"Welcome," he said to them, waving them toward logs to sit on that were surprisingly comfortable. "Once humans had mastered fire and learned to use it, they also began taming it. One of the first ways they did that was by using hearths. Broadly, a hearth is any area dedicated to having a fire in it, but more specifically, we're discussing the type that was bound by stone - or later, brick - and that allowed for other methods of cooking than simply putting the food directly on or in the fire."
He picked up a pair of anachronistic tongs and dug in the coals, pulling out a good-sized rock. "Once pottery was also invented, stones could be put in them to warm liquid food, making soups and stews easier, and making it possible to eat foods that took longer, slower processing. Agriculture was made more palatable, literally, particularly in some areas where limestone was used.
"Today, we will be cooking two things: zamzaganu, which comes to us from a Babylonian recipe, and beer, which is possibly more ancient in provenance." Don't get excited, kids. "There are plenty of stones for you to use to heat your water, and you will all have modern tongs to retrieve them with." Again, please try not to set yourselves on fire.
He waved them toward it. "Please ask if you have any questions."
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