SALAD
1 medium lettuce, iceburg, chopped
4 tomatoes, diced
1/2 lb cheese, swiss, julienned
6 oz ham, julienned
2/3 cup olives, spanish, pitted
3 tsp cheese, romano, grated
1 lemon, juiced
DRESSING
1/4 cup vinegar, while
1 cup oil, olive
8 garlic clove, minced
2 tsp oregano
2 tsp worcestershire sauce
1 salt, taste
1 pepper, black, ground, taste
Directions
Put lettuce in mixing bowl. Add tomatoes, ham, and cheese. Top with
spanish olives. Pour dressing on top and add grated Romano cheese and
lemon juice. Toss all ingredients together and serve on chilled
plates.
Dressing: Put into bowl minced garlic, oregano, and Worcestershire
sauce. Beat until smooth with whisk. Add oil gradually and finally
add vinegar, beating continuously.
Source: Columbia Restaurant (Sarasota, FL)
MM by Sue Woodward (72772,2247/CIS; S.WOODWARD/GEnie; SWOODWARD/NVN)
Servings: 4 servings
1905 Salad Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Salad
The History of Recipes
Experts have tracked the existance of recipes far back into ancient history, in truth as far back as the early Egyptians, and maybe further still. However, sadly, these early cookbooks were just basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to experts are some tablets in Sumerian describing the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel wonderful and blissful. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we have two interesting books which were published in the 14th Century : a recipe book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are somewhat misleading tho`, these two books have no connection with the spicy food that appears on menues today, but instead descriptions of the types of meals prepared by the cooks of the rich and wealthy people of the period. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from middle-east cuisine, including parsley, basil and rosemary. These new foods and tastes led to an explosion in cookery books, some of which are now in private collections. Over the following few centuries, the upper-class families of Europe competed with each other to serve up the most extravagent meals, and because of this the best cooks and their collection of recipes became highly prized. However, it was during the 19th century the formal cooking and recipe publications rose to prominence. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated the best years of their lives to assembling, testing, and recording recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. The arrival of TV brings us cooking programs and the demand for the accompanying recipe books. Which pretty much brings us up to date and the invention of the internet, allowing everybody to search through massive numbers of recipes just like those on this site. |
We hope you enjoy this 1905 Salad recipe.
