2 apples, thinly sliced
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 cup shredded cabbage
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 carrot, grated
1 med onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
3/4 tsp celery salt
Directions
Sprinkle sliced apples with lemon juice. Mix with cabbage, celery,
carrot, and onion.
Combine sour cream, mayonnaise and celery salt. Toss with apple
mixture and serve.
Lemon juice keeps apples from discoloring.
Servings: 5 servings
Apple Slaw Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Apple; Fruit; Salad
The History of Recipes
Written cooking instructions as an idea can be tracked way back into antiquity, in fact as far back into recorded history as the ancient Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Having said that, sadly, these ancient cook books were just very simple hieroglyphic instructions for preparing food.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe in existence, according to food historians is a collection of clay tablets in the Sumerian language which recount 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 blissful and exhilarated. Continuing our culinary historical journey, there were a couple of interesting books dating from the 14th Century - a cookery book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another called `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, they are not about the indian curry that is served today, but rather descriptions of the types of meals cooked for the rich people of the period. Later on, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many foods, spices and herbs from Arab cooking, including coriander, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new tastes was responsible for an increase in books on cookery, some of which are now in academic collections. Over the succeeding few hundred years, the upper-class families of the West competed with each other to serve up the most exotic banquets, and as a consequence, the best cooks and their recipes could command a high salary. However, it was during the nineteenth century that cookery and recipe publications rose to prominence. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Farmer in the US, devoted their lives to assembling, trying out, and recording recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. The TV revolution brings us TV cookery programs and the accompanying recipe books. Which pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, allowing everybody to access thousands of recipes like those on sites such as the one you are reading now. |
We hope you enjoy this Apple Slaw recipe.
