1 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey
3 eggs, well, beaten
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
2 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 grated rind 1 lemon
Directions
Cream shortening and sugar. Add honey, eggs, and lemon rind. Mix
thoroughly. Sift flour, measure, and sift three times with baking
powder and salt. Add chopped nuts and flavoring. Mix thoroughly.
Pour into shallow, well-oiled pan. Bake in moderate oven (375 F)
12-15 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool. Turn onto board well dusted
with powdered sugar. Cut in oblong bars. Roll in powdered sugar. 16
servings. Mrs. William Stevens, Columbus, IN.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Cookie; Nut
The History of Recipes
Written cooking instructions as a concept can be found far back into the distant past, at least as far as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, these, old records were just very basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe discovered, according to academics is a collection of stone tablets in Sumerian which show 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 exhilarated. Progressing into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a roman called Apicius created a few documents describing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his publication, Apicius recounts how the meals were divided into hors d`oeuvre, main course and dessert, something we still use today. He also informs us how the Roman cooks used a good variety of aromatic flavours, including some that we all recognise such as basil, rue and parsley. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we find two interesting books published in the fourteenth century ; a cookery book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, these two books are nothing to do with the curry that is familiar to us all today, but rather recipes for the types of meals on the menues of the upper classes of that time. Later, in the fifteenth century, knights returning from the crusades brought us many foods, spices and herbs from Arab cuisine, including spices like coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new foods and spices led to a surge in manuscripts on food, most of which still exist in private collections. By the time we get to the 1900s, recipe books were in high demand, due to higher levels of literacy, people having increased leisure time and having more disposable income. The arrival of television brought us cooking programs and the spin-off recipe books. And that brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, allowing everyone to search through massive numbers of recipes just like those on this recipe site. |
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