3/4 cup unsifted flour
1 cup sugar
7 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softend
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp corn syrup
1 vanilla ice cream
Directions
1. Grease an 8-inch square, heat-resistant, non-metallic, baking dish
and set aside. 2. Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder
and salt into the large bowl of an electric mixer. Add remaining
ingredients and beat until smooth. 3. Pour batter into the prepared
baking dish. Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 6 minutes. 4. Test
for doneness with a toothpick; if not done return to Microwave Oven
for an additional 1 minute. 5. Allow to cool slightly and cut into
squares for serving. 6. Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on each
serving.
Servings: 8 servings
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The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to prove the history of transcribed cooking instructions far back into the distant past, certainly as far back into history as the early Egyptians, and maybe even further. Having said that, these, early recipes were just primitive pictorial instructions for food preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe discovered, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a series of ancient tablets in Sumerian 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. Later on, in The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius assembled a collection of documents describing recipes enjoyed by wealthy roman citizens. In his works, Apicius describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into hors d`oeuvre, main course and dessert, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius recounts how the cooks of Roman times made use of many different herbs, including some that we all recognise for example basil, rue and asafoetida. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we have two interesting books which were published in the 1300s - a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are somewhat misleading tho`, these are not about the indian food that appears on menues today, but instead recipes for the types of meals on the menues of the rich people of the period. Later on, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from the holy land, including spices such as coriander, parsley, and rosemary. These new foods and tastes prompted an increase in publications on food, some of which are now in private collections. The TV revolution brings us cooking programs and the demand for the accompanying recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, allowing everybody to search through massive numbers of recipes like those on the site you are now reading. |
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