British Museum recreated 2000 year old bread from Herculaneum

British Museum made a recipe and a video of how they recreated 2000 year old bread from Herculaneum preserved in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.

I have to say it’s cool how they figured out how to keep the shape of the loaf with a rope. But sadly the flavor and timing, either of which they did not discuss, is way off, because they used modern baker’s yeast instead of bread starter. That’s why their loaf only took one hour to rise instead of eight hours, and also looked a lot higher than the original. Still a cool video.