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Did you know that meat stew is one of the oldest known recipes? The evidence of its ancientness is on display at Yale University, where three clay tablets detailing the recipe and dating back to 1750 BC are considered part of the oldest cookbook in the world.

But who the heck has time to read three tablets worth of directions these days? Not most of us, apparently. Here are 12 of the most common mistakes cooks make, which include not reading the recipe all the way through.

And here are a few more stories to chew on:

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And, a Soddy-Daisy man is recovering from a rare mosquito-borne virus which he mistook for food poisoning in August.