1/4 lb butter
1/4 lb margarine
2 cup plain flour
1/2 lb sharp cheese, grated
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup rice krispies
Directions
Mix thoroughly; form into small balls. Place on greased cookie
sheet, mash flat with a fork. Bake at
350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Note: This recipe appeared in the Waycross (Georgia) Journal-Herald
17th Annual Cookbook November 16, 1990 and was submitted by Dorothy
Strayer of Patterson, Georgia.
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Cheese; Cookie
The History of Recipes
Historians have traced the existence of recipes far back into antiquity, certainly as far back into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these old cook books were just basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe in existence, according to academics is a collection of ancient tablets in ancient Sumerian 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 making anyone who drank it feel exhilarated. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote some documents detailing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius describes how the roman meals were separated into appetizers, main course and desserts, a style of dining still practiced today. This early Roman chef describes how the cooks of his times were skilled in the use of many spices and herbs, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens for example bay, rue and dill. In the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods and spices from Arab cooking, including spices like parsley, basil and rosemary. These new spices and herbs created an increase in cookery books, many of which are now in academic collections. Over the following few centuries, the powerful and wealthy houses competed to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and as a consequence, the best chefs and their collection of recipes were much in demand. Even so, it was during the nineteenth century the formal cooking and recipe collections became really popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the US, spent years to collating, testing, and recording recipes common in their social group. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cook books are highly popular as a result of more people being able to read, people having increased spare time and having more disposable income. |
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