Turkish women reproduce 3,500-year-old Hittite bread using traditional methods
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\nIn the heart of what was once the Hittite Empire, a women’s cooperative in T\u00fcrkiye’s Corum province is successfully recreating a 3,500-year-old “Hittite bread,” Anadolu Agency reported. The Valide Sultanlar Sofrasi Women’s Cooperative, led by agricultural engineer Tuba Topkara, produces the bread using organic, traditional methods.<\/p>\n
The recipe was discovered on ancient Hittite tablets, and the production process was developed with the help of gastronomy teacher Ulku Mensure Solak, a co-author of the book Hittite Cuisine as an Experimental Archaeology Study. The cooperative uses heirloom wheat seeds from local farmers, which are then ground into organic flour using a traditional stone mill. The dough is kneaded in a wooden trough with this flour, along with sourdough starter, rock salt, and spring water. The loaves are baked in a restored stone oven over an oak wood fire.<\/p>\n
The project’s goal is to promote this historical bread as a symbol of Corum and share it with the world. Solak emphasizes the bread’s authenticity, noting that it is made with pure, non-genetically modified ingredients and prepared using the exact methods of the ancient Hittites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Turkish women reproduce 3,500-year-old Hittite bread using traditional methods ——————————————- In the heart of what was once the Hittite Empire, a women’s cooperative in T\u00fcrkiye’s Corum province is successfully recreating a 3,500-year-old “Hittite bread,” Anadolu Agency reported. The Valide Sultanlar Sofrasi Women’s Cooperative, led by agricultural engineer Tuba Topkara, produces the bread using organic, traditional …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10878],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archaeology"],"yoast_head":"\n