3 cup garden vegetable mix, thawed
1 qt vegetable juice cocktail
1/2 tsp seasoned pepper
3/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup alphabet macaroni
1 cup potatoes, peeled & cubed
1 cup cooked beef or chicken (opt. cubed
Directions
In a large saucepan, combine Garden Vegetable mix, vegetable juice
cocktail, seasoned pepper and salt. Bring to a boil. Add alphabet
macaroni and potatoes. Reduce haet to medium. Cook uncovered about 12
to 15 minutes., until macaroni and potatoes are tender.
Other shapes of pasta may be used (i.e. broken spaghetti), and
leftover potatoes, cubed, can be used in place of raw; add them 5
minutes before soup is done. Leftover cubed chicken or beef is also
good in this.
From: _Make-A-Mix Cookery_ by Harward, Eliason & Westover (o.p.)
adapted by Linda Shogren (TEECH@genie.geis.com) From: Lyn Ortiz Date:
13 Sep 96
Servings: 6 servings
Alphabet Vegetable Soup Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Soup; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
We can trace the history of meal recipes far back into distant history, in fact as far back into recorded history as the early Egyptians, and possibly even further. Interesting though that is, sadly, these old cook books were just simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
In fact, the most ancient recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are a few stone tablets in the Sumerian language which describe the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made anyone who tried it feel wonderful. Later on, in Roman times around 25BC a roman called Apicius created some scripts showing how to cook the recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. In his works, Apicius describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main meal and desserts, a very modern way of dining. Aspicius recounts how the Romans were skilled in the use of a wide range of herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs for example basil, rue and parsley. Later on in the 1400s, people returning from the crusades brought back many new foods, spices and herbs from the Middle-East, such as parsley and basil. These new foods and tastes caused an explosion in books on cookery, the majority of which are kept safe in private collections. For the next few years, the powerful and rich strove to serve the most exotic banquets, and as a result cooks and their recipe collections were highly sought after. However, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cooking and cookery books reached a high level of popularity. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to assembling, verifying, and publishing recipes common in their social group. By the advent of the twentieth century, cookbooks are starting to become popular due to increased literacy, more free time and being a little richer. The introduction of the TV gave us celebrity TV chefs and the accompanying recipe books. And that brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, permitting everybody to access massive numbers of recipes just like those on this web site. |
We hope you enjoy this Alphabet Vegetable Soup recipe.
