4 cup cranberry juice cocktail
2 cup orange juice
12 oz sugar-free lemon-lime pop
1 whole cranberries
Directions
Combine the cranberry and orange juices in a punch bowl. Pour the
carbonated beverage down the sides of the bowl. Float whole
cranberries on the top.
Servings: 16 servings
Christmas Cranberry Punch Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Beverages; Christmas; Cranberry; Drink; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Academics have tracked the existence of recipes way back into distant history, in truth as far back as the early Egyptians, and possibly even further. However, mostly, these old cook books were just very simple pictorial instructions for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to experts in ancient history is a series of ancient tablets in ancient Sumerian which recount the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel `wonderful`. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius assembled a number of documents which described recipes cooked by his fellow Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius describes how the roman meals were split into starters, entrees and desserts, something that is very familiar to us today. He also tells us how the Roman chefs were skilled in the use of a good variety of herbs, including many that are still in use today such as basil, rue and dill. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many new foods, spices and herbs from the Middle-East, such as coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new herbs and spices was responsible for an outbreak in recipe books, some of which still exist in academic collections. Over the next few centuries, the upper-class families of the West tried to offer the best banquets, and as a result cooks and their collection of recipes increased in prestige. Nevertheless, it was during the 1800s that cookery and recipe publications really came of age. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to collecting, verifying, and recording popular recipes of the day. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cookery publications were starting to become popular due to increased literacy, more spare time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Christmas Cranberry Punch recipe.
