6 large garlic cloves
2 medium onions
1 tbsp kapee or minced dried shrimp soaked, in sherry
5 large dried hot peppers
2 tbsp orange juice concentrate
Directions
Dry roast garlic and onion until skins are dark. Peel and chop. Put
kapee into aluminum foil and dry fry packet for 2 min on each side;
remove from foil. Grind all ingredients together.
Servings: 1 batch
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Categories: Thai
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as an idea can be traced way back into the far past, in truth as far into history as the early Egyptians, and maybe further still. Interesting though that maybe, these, early recipes were just basic pictorial instructions for preparing meals.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to experts in ancient history are a few stone tablets in the Sumerian language describing 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`. During the time of the Romans a roman called Apicius assembled a collection of documents which described recipes cooked by wealthy Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius tells us how the roman meals were split into hors d`oeuvre, main meal and desserts, a very modern way of dining. Additionally, he recounts how the ancient cooks were skilled in the use of a good variety of spices and herbs, including some that we all recognise for example bay, fennel and parsley. Over the next few hundred years, the upper-class families of Europe tried to serve up the most exotic banquets, and as a consequence, the best cooks and their recipe collections increased in prestige. Even so, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cooking and cookery books rose to prominence. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, devoted much of their lives to collecting, testing, and recording recipes common in their social group. When we get to the 20th century, cooking books are starting to become popular mostly due to more people being able to read, people having more leisure time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Nam Prik Pao recipe.
