2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
2 cup sugar
1/2 cup instant tea w/twist of lemon
18 oz jar of tang juice mix
Directions
Mix together all the ingredients and store in air-tight container.
ADD 2 HEAPING teaspoons for each mug of boiling water for tea.
I remember drinking this as a child when we visited my Aunt Ellen
Faye's Family during the Christmas holidays. Always a part of her
noted Christmas Eve Buffets. Rebecca Ford Doster-Germany.
FROM: Ellen Faye Ford Prothro
Servings: 1 canister
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Categories: Beverages; Christmas; Holiday
The History of Recipes
Historians have tracked the existence of recipes way back into history, at least as far back as pharonic Egypt, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that is, these, ancient records were just very basic hieroglyphic recipes for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe found, according to experts in ancient history are a few ancient tablets in 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 anyone who tried it feel `blissful`. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled a collection of scripts detailing recipes cooked by wealthy Romans. In his scrolls, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were divided into hors d`oeuvres, main meal and dessert, something that is very familiar to us today. Additionally, he informs us how the ancient Romans made use of many different aromatic flavours, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens like bay, rue and parsley. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times there were two recipe books which were published in the 14th Century - a book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these books are unconnected to the indian food that appears on menues today, but rather accounts of the types of food enjoyed by the upper classes of the period. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many foods and spices from the East, such as coriander, parsley, and rosemary. The introduction of these new culinary ideas created an eruption in recipe manuscripts, some of which still exist in private cookery archives. Over the next few centuries, the rich and powerful families of Europe competed to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and as a result cooks and their recipes increased in prestige. However, it wasn`t until the 19th century that haute cuisine and recipe publications really came of age. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, dedicated the best years of their lives to collating, trying out, and recording recipes to help cooks of their time. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cookery publications are in great demand, as a result of increased literacy, people having more free time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Christmas Spiced Tea recipe.
