4 pieces toast
4 slice cheese
1 nutmeg
1 1/2 cup applesauce
1/4 cup sugar
Directions
Add sugar and nutmeg to applesauce. Put applesauce on toast, about 3
tablespoons on each piece of toast. Lay a slice of cheese over the
sauce.
Bake in a moderate oven until thecheese melts. Serve hot.
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Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Dessert; Quick
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be traced way back into the distant past, certainly as far back into history as the Egyptians, and possibly even further. Interesting though that is, in the main part, these early cook books were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe discovered, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are a few ancient tablets in the Sumerian language 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 people feel blissful. During the time of the Romans a man called Apicius assembled a collection of scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his scrolls, he recounts how the meals were divided into appetizers, main course and dessert, something that is very familiar to us today. Additionally, he recounts how the ancient cooks were skilled in the use of many aromatic flavours, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens such as bay, mint and parsley. Later on, in the 15th century, the Crusaders brought back a variety of foods, spices and herbs from the holy lands, including spices such as parsley, basil and rosemary. These new foods and tastes created a torrent in publications on food, some of which are kept safe in academic collections. Over the next few hundred years, the powerful families of the West competed to serve up the best banquets, and consequentially chefs and their collection of recipes were highly sought after. However, it was during the nineteenth century that fine cookery and recipe publications reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, devoted much of their lives to collecting, trying out, and recording popular recipes of the day. When we get to the 20th century, recipe books are highly popular due to better eduction, more spare time and being a little richer. |
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