1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp sugar
2 tsp dijon mustard
1 salt and pepper to taste
1 (about 1/4 t each)
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
Directions
Combine ingredients and chill in the refrigerator.
From: jawallac@uga.cc.uga.edu. Fatfree Digest [Volume 9 Issue 42]
Aug. 2, 1994. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34, TXFT40A@Prodigy.com
using MMCONV
Servings: 1 servings
Basic Buttermilk Salad Dressing Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Beverages; Salad
The History of Recipes
It is possible to read the history of `recipes` back into the distant past, at least as far as early Egypt, and maybe further still. However, generally, these early cook books were just basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing food.
In fact, the oldest recipe in existence, according to academics are some stone tablets in ancient Sumerian describing the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made drinkers feel blissful. Later on, in The time of the roman empire 25BC a man called Apicius assembled a number of scripts describing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his publication, Apicius tells us how the meals were divided into starters, main meal and desserts, a style of dining still practiced today. Aspicius describes how the ancient Romans were skilled in the use of a good variety of herbs and spices, including a few you will know like basil, rue and parsley. Later, in the fifteenth century, the Crusaders brought back many foods and herbs from Arab countries, including rosemary and coriander. These new foods and spices led to an explosion in cookery books, many of which are kept safe in private collections. For the decades that followed, the powerful families of Wesstern Europe competed with each other to serve the most extravagent meals, and as a consequence, the best cooks and their recipe collections were at a premium. Nevertheless, it was during the 19th century the formal cooking and recipe collections became popular. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, spent years to collecting, verifying, and publishing recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. The arrival of television brought us cooking programs and the demand for the accompanying recipe books. And that brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, permitting everyone to access thousands of recipes such as those found on our site. |
We hope you enjoy this Basic Buttermilk Salad Dressing recipe.
