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Ancient Egyptians Celebrated the Feast of Drunkenness with Blood-Red Beer (www.atlasobscura.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mwalimu@baraza.africa to c/history@lemmy.world

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To halt the carnage, the sun god resorted to trickery. One version of the story recounts that Ra flooded a field of barley and allowed it to ferment, while another claims he simply poured out 7,000 jars of beer. In either case, Ra cleverly dyed the beer crimson using red ochre, a type of edible clay rich in iron oxide.

“When Hathor arrived, she started drinking what she thought was blood,” Goldsmith says. After guzzling the better part of a field of beer, the goddess became too drunk to continue her murder spree and took a nap, thus saving humanity.

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd try the recipe if I could find it. Old beer recipes can be quite interesting.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have 7 000 jars of beer?

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

I don't, but every recipe can be scaled