2 squares unsweetened
1 chocolate
1 can sweetened, condensed milk
3 cup sweetened, flaked coconut
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 almonds for garnish
1 great
Directions
Heat in a double boiler, 1 can sweetened condensed milk and 2 squares
of unsweetened chocolate, until chocolate is melted. Stir until
mixture is smooth. Pour over a bowl containing 3 cup of sweetened,
flaked coconut. Add 1 tsp of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Mix
well until coconut is completed coated. Drop on a cookie sheet which
is line with parchment paper, by tspfuls. Press a whole almond into
the top.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10 to 12 minutes. Check at 8 minutes, as
bottoms of cookies brown quickly. Remove from oven, cool, remove from
pan.
Source: Perry Lowell, FidoNet Gourmet Echo Original Post Date: 08
Feb 92
Servings: 1 servings
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The History of Recipes
We are able to track the history of `recipes` far back into ancient history, in truth as far back as the Egyptians, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that maybe, generally, these ancient records were just basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
The truth of the matter is, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to experts in ancient history are some stone tablets in Sumerian which describe the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making those who drank it feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. As we move into The time of the romans around 25BC a roman called Apicius created a collection of documents which described recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. In his publication, Apicius recounts how the meals were split into hors d`oeuvre, entrees and afters, something that is very familiar to us today. He also describes how the cooks of his times used many different herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks like basil, mint and dill. As we move on, there were two interesting recipe books from the fourteenth century : a book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these are nothing to do with the curry that appears on menues today, but instead accounts of the types of meals cooked for the rich. Later, in the fifteenth century, people returning from the crusades brought us many new foods, spices and herbs from Arab countries, including parsley, basil and rosemary. These new spices and herbs caused a surge in manuscripts on food, some of which are kept safe in private cookery archives. By the advent of the 20th century, cookery books are starting to become popular due to more people being able to read, more leisure time and a general increase in wealth. |
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