5 lb chicken or smoked turkey
2 each bunches of green onions
3/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 cup chopped green peppers
4 each large onions, chopped
3 each bay leaves
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 salt to taste
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp tabasco sauce
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 ****
Directions
**** ADD HERBS SUCH AS BASIL OR ROSEMARY AS DESIRED
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Cajun; Chicken; Gumbo; Poultry; Soup
The History of Recipes
Academics have proved the existance of recipes far back into ancient history, certainly as far into history as pharonic Egypt, and potentially, even further back. However, these, old records were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe in existence, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a collection of ancient tablets in ancient Sumerian which recount the making 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`. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius assembled a collection of scripts detailing recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. In his works, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were split into starters, main meal and desserts, something that is very familiar to us today. Additionally, he informs us how the Romans were skilled in the use of a wide range of herbs and spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks such as thyme, fennel and asafoetida. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times we have two recipe books which appeared in the 1300s ; a recipe book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Perhaps surprisingly, they are unconnected to the indian curry that appears on menues today, but rather recipes for the types of meals on the menues of the nobility of that time. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from Arab countries, including spices such as parsley and basil. The introduction of these new foods and spices was responsible for an eruption in books on cookery, some of which are now in private libraries. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cooking books are in great demand, mostly as a result of more people being able to read, leisure time and being a little richer. |
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