A 5,000-year-old bread recipe has been re-created in Türkiye-and the locals cannot get enough

Scientists have discovered an old bread recipe in Türkiye – and now the local bakery that was re -created cannot keep up with the demand.

About 5,000 years ago, someone was buried a piece of charred bread under the threshold of a house in what is now known as Eczzir in central Türkiye. Archaeologists discovered this in September 2024 during the pits in Kullooba Hoyuk, a settlement in the Bronze Age that was under investigation decades ago. The preserved bread has been displayed significantly at the Eskişehir Archaeological Museum since March 28.

“The archaeologist and the director of excavation, in a interview With AFP.

The analysis revealed that the bread was made of Emmer Coarse Earth flour – a variety of old wheat – along with lentils and vegetable paper used as a natural cellular factor. Surfaced like a pie and disk shape, and the baking diameter is about 5 inches (12.7 cm).

My curious curiosity if the recipe can be re -created, local officials have called Halk Ekmek, a bakery in Eskisehir. Since the ancient EMMER seeds are no longer available in Türkiye, KavilCA bakers – a variety of document related – used the bullur and lentils to bring the original ingredients closer.

Apparently, he is delicious. The first batch has been sold in hours, and the bakery has been selling about 300 loaves of “Kulluoba Bread” daily since then. With municipal subsidies, bread is sold for only 50 TL (about $ 1.30).

Another convincing side of bread is that it is made of dehydration crops. This caught the attention of both archaeologists and local officials. Türkiye is currently cultivating water crops such as corn and sunflower, but KavilCa wheat is resistant to dehydration and disease.

“Our ancestors teach us a lesson. Like them, we must move towards less thirsty crops,” said Ayse Untuce, the mayor of Eskisehir, to Agence France Presse.