NO CAROLINA'S HISTORIC REST
1 1/3 sticks butter
1 1/2 sq. unsweetened chocolate
1 1/3 cup sugar
3 small eggs
1/3 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 9-in. pie crust, unbaked
Directions
Melt butter and chocolate over boiling water. Mix sugar, eggs, salt
and vanilla; add to chocolate mixture. Pour into pie shell and bake
at 375 deg. for about 35 minutes. From: "North Carolina's Historic
Restaurants"
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Chocolate; Dessert; Pie
The History of Recipes
It is possible to follow the history of `recipes` way back into history, at least as far back into history as the early Egyptians, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that maybe, in the main part, these early recipes were just very simple hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing meals.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a collection of tablets in Sumerian 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. Later on, in Roman times 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a number of scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by his fellow Romans. In his publication, Apicius describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into starters, main meal and afters, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius also tells us how the chefs of Roman times used many herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs for example bay, rue and dill. Closer to modern times, there are two recipe books which date from the fourteenth century : one book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, they are unconnected to the curry that appears on menues today, but instead recipes for the types of food cooked for the rich people of those days. In the fifteenth century, knights returning from the crusades brought us a variety of spices and herbs from the Middle-East, including spices like basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new tastes was responsible for an eruption in manuscripts on food, some of which are kept safe in private collections. During the succeeding few centuries, the wealthy families of Wesstern Europe competed to serve up the most exotic banquets, and as a result the best chefs and their collection of recipes were greatly in demand. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 19th century that formal cookery and recipe publications reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated their lives to collating, verifying, and publishing recipes common in their social group. By the arrival of the 1900s, recipe publications are highly popular mostly due to increased literacy, people having increased free time and being a little richer. Like it or not, the introduction of television brought us TV cooks and the accompanying recipe books. Which pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, allowing everyone to search through thousands of recipes like the ones you can find on the site you are now reading. |
We hope you enjoy this Angus Barn Chocolate Chess Pie recipe.
