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A healing potion in The Iliad & The Odyssey, and a drink to commune with the Gods in secret Greek Mysteries, Kykeon has a fascinating history. But my questions is, how does it taste? Follow Tasting History here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tastinghistorywithmaxmiller/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TastingHistory1 Reddit: r/TastingHistory Help Support the Channel with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tastinghistory Tasting History's Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/157VLHH7EYU2I?ref_=wl_share LINKS TO INGREDIENTS & TOOLS** Barley - https://amzn.to/39MlwBG All-Clad 3qt Sauce Pan - https://amzn.to/2DnoqAS Assassins Creed: Odyssey - https://amzn.to/318iiVk LINKS TO SOURCES** The Iliad by Homer: https://amzn.to/318B1Qu The Odyssey by Homer: https://amzn.to/3hVegqi The Classical Cookbook by Andrew Dalby & Sally Grainger: https://amzn.to/33cxSSt The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson & Albert Hofmann: https://amzn.to/3guUq4Z The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus: https://amzn.to/3hTo7N3 History of Greek Food: https://1historyofgreekfood.wordpress.com/category/pramnian-wine/ **Amazon offers a small commission on products sold through their affiliate links, so each purchase made from this link, whether this product or another, will help to support this channel with no additional cost to you. KYKEON ORIGINAL "RECIPE" (From The Odyssey) "...and made for them a potion of cheese and barley meal and yellow honey with Pramnian wine." MODERN RECIPE INGREDIENTS - 1/2 Cup (100g) Barley Meal - 1 Cup or more (235ml+) Dry Red Wine - 1/3 Cup (50g) Goat Cheese crumbled - 2 Tablespoons Honey METHOD 1. Add all of the ingredients to a small sauce pan and mix together. 2. Set pan over low heat and, stirring continuously bring to a simmer until thickened. (If the kykeon has thickened too much, stir in more wine until you achieve the desired consistency. 3. Remove the pot from the heat and pour into a glass and allow to cool a bit. Then serve. (The drink can congeal if allowed to sit too long. If that happens, reheat the drink.) PHOTO CREDITS Barley - By Sanjay Acharya - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63823421 Sanctuary of Demeter with fallen column - George E. Koronaios / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Sanctuary of Demeter - Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) Votive Plaque depicting elements of the Mysteries - Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) Ergot - Stiller Beobachter from Ansbach, Germany / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Aeschylus - By Zde - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68366219 Dionysus - © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons Bacchus - Wouter Engler / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Ikaria - Rosa-Maria Rinkl / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) The Deipnosophistes - By Nikias Painter - Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), 2008-05-02, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4051642 #tastinghistory #greekfood #ancientgreece #kykeon