Chef Tries to Recreate Neolithic Bread
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Are these the oldest bread rolls in the world?
Kind of.
A chef in Turkey got the idea to resurrect the bread that was eaten in the Neolithic era,
which started 8,600 years ago.
Two years ago, archaeologists digging in the Konya Province found a spongy burnt object.
Tests revealed it was a loaf of leavened bread and contained wheat grains and peas.
Chef Ulas Tekerkaya could only wonder what it would taste like
and set out to revive this long-lost recipe for his ancestors' bread.
Using only grains that are local to the region, the chef reportedly made many attempts
to not only get the texture right but the taste as well.
That required cooking the bread like bakers would have done back then:
over a wood fire.
A taste test shows he may be on to something.
While he'll never know how his bread compares to the bread of the past,
it can still provide a connection to civilizations we're still trying to learn so much about.
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