The world's oldest known recipe is for making beer.
Why it is true
A Sumerian hymn to the goddess Ninkasi, dating back to eighteen hundred BC, contains the oldest known recipe for beer. The text details the brewing process, from baking barley bread to fermentation.
Source: National Geographic
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