One: the oldest recipe in the world:

Archaeologists unearthed some stone nameplates dating from BC 1700 in Mesopotamia between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River, engraved with the cooking methods of making food with buffalo, antelope and pigeon meat. These foods need to be stewed in clear soup or vegetable soup made of beef and mutton, and a little bread crumbs should be sprinkled when serving. Archaeologists believe that this is the oldest recipe in human history.

Two: China's oldest recipes:

The real formation of stereotyped recipes began in the Northern Song Dynasty.

China's first set meal was called "Boiled Beef".

During the Northern Song Dynasty, in Zigong, Du Yan, Sichuan, cattle were used as the power to extract brine from wells, thus eliminating the use of farm cattle, and it was very convenient to use salt locally. So the salt man slaughtered the cow, sliced the meat and cooked it in salt water with pepper and pepper. The meat is tender and delicious, so it is widely spread and made into a fixed menu name as a traditional folk dish.

Later, the chef of the restaurant improved the materials and production methods and became a famous dish all over the country. The beef slices of this dish are not fried, but cooked with mala Tang, hence the name "boiled beef".

Unfortunately, this dish has been handed down from the people, not from the government or the imperial court (because only the official department of the imperial court is the institution that records everything), so the inventor of this dish has no evidence to find.

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