The world's oldest surviving recipe is an ancient Sumerian hymn to beer
Ancient Mesopotamians inscribed a poetic tribute to the goddess Ninkasi on clay tablets nearly 4,000 years ago, cleverly hiding the world's oldest beer recipe within the religious verses.
The Hymn to Ninkasi, dating back to approximately 1800 BCE, serves as both a prayer and a practical brewing manual. It describes the step-by-step process of preparing bappir, a twice-baked bread, which was then mixed with honey and grains to ferment in large jars.
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