Hi Iraqi here! Risnatu is barley. We still make a it, we just call it harissa. Traditionally it is served during religious ceremonies. This is harissa
2025-08-30 08:54:30
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Whateverworks :
Bet those cuneiform tablets didn’t jump up and down from the ads resetting while you’re trying to read the recipe
2025-08-30 16:47:12
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BeelzebubTV :
I googled Risnatu to find out more about it, and one of the first results was your video XD
2025-09-01 21:54:07
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Mariner_Valley_Audio :
What if the untranslated words turned out to be “didn’t like it.”
2025-08-29 15:44:21
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Morpheus Shinn :
the unknown liquid was actually crown apple
2025-08-29 23:46:27
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Nate Knows Nothing :
I wonder what the first review from a recipe was in history. “Zero stars. Risnatu came out dry.”
2025-08-29 15:01:00
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Caza :
Chuckling to myself imagining the cuneiform tablet starts with three full pages of ‘When I was growing up around grandma’s table..” before is gets to the actual recipe
2025-08-30 04:01:30
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Muse but cringy :
I love how humans have always been like "this info is so common knowledge we don't need to write it down" but we in fact lose a lot to this mentality.
2025-08-30 20:26:19
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LowkeyLoki :
I love how you dare to go on the path of these recipes where you have to try out which version ...works. and than the things that ere seen as a normal ingredient not worth mentioning, like eg salt or common herbs in that time, like peppers or sesame or cilantro, its guessing. and tastes change by time
2025-09-09 18:29:04
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me.key.oh :
if they took the time to carve it in stone, it was probably worth preserving
2025-08-29 21:24:46
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dante :
that's NOT how Risnatu was made (I was there)
2025-08-30 01:24:39
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Swolenerd :
I substituted risnatu with 4lbs of sugar, 2 out of 5 stars will not be recommending
2025-08-30 05:26:55
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Brian Short :
I wonder if the recipe started with a backstory first
2025-08-29 23:04:14
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Ghost_pandahh :
It always amazes me pleasantly when I see a recipe and go "that's so similar to something I ate yesterday". toasting my bowl of creamy meaty soup with the ghost of a person long dead y'know. It's always nice. Great work as usual, Max!
2025-08-29 17:44:37
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Jay :
did u say imprint…
2025-08-30 20:37:36
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Dr.BoxHead :
As an ancient Babylonian myself I approve
2025-08-30 23:56:17
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Matthyboy :
“Persian shallot, tho regular shallots will do in a pinch.” Ok, we see you Ina.
2025-08-30 02:48:33
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LVesIII :
I’m ancient Babylonian this is NOT how we make creamy lamb stew 6/10
2025-08-30 16:54:17
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Ira :
maybe Risnatu is rice?
2025-08-29 15:25:10
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Fletcher :
I would've assumed the risnatu was dropped into the soup while still raw, similar to dumplings
2025-08-30 03:08:21
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Rita ✝️ :
As a Iraqi Chaldean, whose ancestors are Babylonian, (or so we've been told)
Risnatu sounds very similar to rise porridge and barley porridge that we still consume till this day with either chicken or beef. Lamb is too gamy for this hearty dish.
2025-08-30 00:02:28
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Leftist Tortoise :
honestly seems like a barley roux to me, a gluten source in the barely, with fat that is going into a creamy meat stew?
2025-08-29 19:27:16
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Lady_Amalthea :
what if it was theuf version of a roux
2025-08-29 21:41:38
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MeladoriMagpie :
fall series of ancient soups?
2025-08-30 00:05:28
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Idk sterling’s Grandma :
Just look up what it is
2025-08-29 14:27:06
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