1 gal green tomatoes
1 dozen
1/2 cup salt
1 large onions
Directions
Grind tomatoes and onions together. Add salt and cover with water,
let stand 10 minutes. Drain well. Add:
1 dozen peppers (green and red) 2 hot peppers 1 dozen pickles (canned
ones can be used) 1 tbsp. celery seed 3 1/2 lb. sugar 1 qt. vinegar
Cook 15 minutes. Seal while hot.
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Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Vegetable
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to prove the history of transcribed cooking instructions far back into antiquity, in fact as far back into recorded history as the early Egyptians, and possibly even further. In practice though, generally, these early cookbooks were just primitive hieroglyphic recipes for preparing meals.
In fact, the most ancient recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are some ancient tablets in the Sumerian language which show the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel blissful and exhilarated. Progressing into Roman times around 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote some documents showing how to cook the recipes enjoyed by wealthy Romans. In his publication, Apicius recounts how the meals were separated into appetizers, main meal and afters, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. This early Roman chef tells us how the ancient chefs were skilled in the use of many different herbs, including a few you will know for example thyme, fennel and parsley. Later on, we find a couple of books dating from the 1300s ; a recipe book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. Don`t be fooled by the titles though, these two books have no connection with the curry that is served today, but instead descriptions of the types of meals on the menues of the nobility of those days. Later on in the 1400s, people returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods, spices and herbs from the Middle-East, such as rosemary and coriander. These new culinary innovations led to an explosion in manuscripts on cooking, the majority of which are kept safe in academic collections. By the time we get to the 20th century, cook books are greatly in demand due to increased literacy, more free time and being a little richer. |
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