1 tbsp margarine, melted
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp paprika
6 cup popped corn
Directions
(From Helen Anne Dorrough, registered dietitian with Southern Living
magazine)
Combine first five ingredients and drizzle over warm popcorn.
41 calories per 1 cup serving.
Servings: 6 servings
Chili Popcorn Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Appetizer; Chili
The History of Recipes
Experts have tracked the existance of recipes far back into distant history, certainly as far back into history as the ancient Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these early recipes were just primitive pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for meal preparation.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to historians are some ancient tablets in ancient Sumerian which describe the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who tried it feel `wonderful`. Later on, in Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius created some scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his scrolls, he describes how the roman meals were split into hors d`oeuvre, main meal and afters, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius also tells us how the ancient chefs were skilled in the use of many different herbs and spices, including some familiar names such as basil, fennel and parsley. Closer to modern times, we find a couple of recipe books dating from the fourteenth century : one book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these have no connection with the curry that appears on menues today, but instead recipes for the types of food enjoyed by the rich people of those days. In the fifteenth century, people returning from the crusades brought back a variety of spices and herbs from Arab cuisine, including spices like coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new spices and herbs prompted an explosion in manuscripts on cooking, some of which are now in private libraries. During the succeeding few hundred years, the powerful and rich competed to serve up the most exotic banquets, and because of this the best chefs and their collection of recipes were greatly in demand. Even so, it wasn`t until the 19th century that formal cookery and recipe publications became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, devoted much of their lives to assembling, verifying, and writing down popular recipes of the day. By the arrival of the 1900s, cookbooks are highly popular mostly due to higher levels of literacy, people having increased leisure time and having more money. |
We hope you enjoy this Chili Popcorn recipe.
