4 grapefruit
1 pineapple
1/2 cup sugar (or more to taste)
1 nutmeg
6 oranges
1 pt strawberries
1 shredded coconut
1/2 cup white or rose' wine
Directions
Dice pinepple; cut grapefruit and oranges in sections. Wash berries
and remove stems; add to fruits. Add sugar and let steep for several
hours in refrigerator. Before serving, add wine. Sprinkle with
shredded coconut and nutmeg.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Alcohol; Beverage; Fruit
The History of Recipes
We are able to follow the history of `recipes` back into ancient history, certainly as far back as early Egypt, and possibly even further than that. In practice though, generally, these old recipes were just very simple hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for meal preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to food historians are some clay tablets in Sumerian which describe the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who tried it feel exhilarated. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we find two recipe books which date from the 1300s - a book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these are not about the indian curry that is served today, but rather descriptions of the types of food on the tables of the upper classes of that time. Over the succeeding few centuries, the powerful and wealthy competed to offer the most exotic meals, and because of this chefs and their recipes could command a high salary. However, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that cookery and recipe publications became really popular. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, dedicated their lives to collecting, trying out, and publishing recipes common in their social group. When we get to the 20th century, cook books were in great demand, mostly due to higher levels of literacy, more spare time and having more money to spend. |
We hope you enjoy this Ambrosia Rose' recipe.
