Brew of the ancients
"The ancients were liable to spike their drinks with all sorts of
unpredictable stuff—olive oil, bog myrtle, cheese, meadowsweet,
mugwort, carrot, not to mention hallucinogens like hemp and poppy. But
Calagione and McGovern based their Egyptian selections on the
archaeologist’s work with the tomb of the Pharaoh Scorpion I, where a
curious combination of savory, thyme and coriander showed up in the
residues of libations interred with the monarch in 3150 B.C. (They
decided the za’atar spice medley, which frequently includes all those
herbs, plus oregano and several others, was a current-day substitute.)"
Read on.
Thanks, GiltMANual.
Read on.
Thanks, GiltMANual.
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