3/4 tsp peppermint extract
1 shot vodka
4 1/2 scoops chocolate drink mix
1 large mug
2 cup hot water
Directions
heat water to just below boiling and pour into mug. Add cocoa mix,
stir and then add extract and vodka.
You can also use peppermint schnapps instead of the peppermint
extract and vodka. Add one or two shots depending on personal taste.
Servings: 2 servings
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Categories: Beverage; Candy; Dessert
The History of Recipes
It is quite possible to trace the history of recipes back into ancient history, at least as far back into recorded history as the early Egyptians, and maybe further still. Interesting though that maybe, in the main part, these old cookbooks were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for meal preparation.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe found, according to historians are a few clay tablets in Sumerian which describe 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`. Closer to modern times, we have a couple of interesting books dating from the 14th Century ; one book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, these two books are nothing to do with the indian food that is familiar to us all today, but instead recipes for the types of food cooked for the nobility of that time. In the fifteenth century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many foods, spices and herbs from the Middle-East, including basil and coriander. The introduction of these new herbs and spices led to an outbreak in recipe manuscripts, most of which are kept safe in private collections. During the succeeding few centuries, the rich families of the West competed with each other to serve up the most exotic banquets, and as a result the best cooks and their recipe collections were much in demand. Even so, it was during the 1800s that fine cookery and recipe books reached a high level of popularity. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, spent years to assembling, testing, and recording recipes common in their social group. By the arrival of the 1900s, cooking publications were in high demand, due to increased literacy, people having more leisure time and having more money. Like it or not, the introduction of television brings us cooking programs and the accompanying recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, allowing everybody to access thousands of recipes just like those on this site. |
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