1 cup flour
1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg, separated
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 banana, mashed
Directions
Sift together dry ingredients. Set aside. Mix together beaten egg
yolk, sour cream, milk, butter and banana. Add to flour mixture,
mixing well. Fold in whipped egg white, and pour into oiled waffle
iron or oiled pan. Cook each side until brown.
Servings: 4 servings
Banana Sour Cream Waffles Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Banana; Bread; Breads; Breakfast; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Recipes as an idea can be found back into distant history, certainly as far into history as the Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. In practice though, these, old records were just simple pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe found, according to experts are some ancient tablets in Sumerian which show the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making those who drank it feel `blissful`. Later on, in The time of the romans 25BC a man called Apicius compiled some documents describing recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. In his publication, he tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main course and afters, something that is very familiar to us today. Additionally, he recounts how the Romans made use of a good variety of herbs, including a few you will know like thyme, fennel and asafoetida. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we have a couple of interesting recipe books from the fourteenth century ; a recipe book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these books are not about the curry that appears on menues today, but rather accounts of the types of food prepared by the cooks of the rich and wealthy people of those days. Later on, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought us many foods, spices and herbs from the East, including spices like basil and coriander. The introduction of these new culinary ideas created an increase in manuscripts on food, some of which still exist in private cookery archives. Over the succeeding few centuries, the wealthy families of Europe competed with each other to lay on the best banquets, and as a result the best chefs and their recipe collections became highly prized. However, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that formal cookery and recipe publications became really popular. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, verifying, and writing down recipes to help cooks of their time. When we get to the 20th century, recipe books were in high demand, due to increased literacy, people having increased leisure time and disposable income. The arrival of TV brought us cooking programs and the spin-off recipe books. Which brings us neatly to the present day and the invention of the internet, permitting everyone to search through massive numbers of recipes such as those found on the site you are now reading. |
We hope you enjoy this Banana Sour Cream Waffles recipe.
