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Of course, in

14 hours ago, Duvel said:

neolithic Mesopotamia , where it began as a simple millet gruel spiced with dried scraps of dung

Of course, while it was originally a simple peasant dish, there were renowned Messy Potatoan chefs who carefully selected their dung to suit different tastes, clients and seasons. Sheep dung was considered low grade; cattle dung hardly better. Camel dung was too expensive for the common man, but prized by the aristocracy, such as it was.

However, as only revealed centuries later, in the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Chronicles,  the prime ingredient for royalty was pork dung (from pigs fed only virgin girl's blood) mixed with seaweed and sawdust. This was known in Welsh as "hyfrydwch tail moch", later mistranslated into Xhosa as "iihagu zehagu' then retranslated into English as "pork hocks". Hence all the confusion.

Of course, in

14 hours ago, Duvel said:

neolithic Mesopotamia , where it began as a simple millet gruel spiced with dried scraps of dung

Of course, while it was originally a simple peasant dish, there were renowned Messy Potatoan chefs who carefully selected their dung to suit different tastes, clients and seasons. Sheep dung was considered low grade; cattle dung hardly better. Camel dung was too expensive for the common man, but prized by the aristocracy, such as it was.

However, as only revealed centuries later, in the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Chronicles,  the prime ingredient for Kings was pork dung (from pigs fed only virgin girl's blood) mixed with seaweed and sawdust. This was known in Welsh as "hyfrydwch tail moch", later mistranslated into Xhosa as "iihagu zehagu' then retranslated into English as "pork hocks". Hence all the confusion.