2/3 cup chopped ripe tomato
1/3 cup chopped honeydew melon
1/3 cup chopped fresh pineapple or
1 8 oz. can crushed
1 pineapple, drained
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh
1 cilantro
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
Directions
In small bowl, combine all ingredients; mix well. Cover with plastic
wrap; let stand at room temperature 15 minutes. Serve as a relish for
grilled fish or meat. Makes 1 1/4 Cups
Servings: 1 servings
Chunky Tomato-Citrus Salsa Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Appetizer; Dip; Fruit; Mexican; Tomato
The History of Recipes
We are able to follow the history of `recipes` far back into distant history, at least as far back into history as pharonic Egypt, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, these, old cook books were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
The truth of the matter is, the oldest recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a collection of stone tablets in ancient Sumerian describing the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel `blissful`. As we move on, we find some recipe books which were published in the fourteenth century ; a recipe book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, these two books are unconnected to the indian curry that appears on menues today, but instead accounts of the types of meals eaten by the rich and powerful of that time. Later, in the fifteenth century, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from the Middle-East, including spices like rosemary and coriander. The introduction of these new herbs and spices created a torrent in recipe books, some of which are kept safe in private cookery archives. During the following few hundred years, the powerful and wealthy competed with each other to offer the most extravagent meals, and as a result the best chefs and their recipe collections were highly sought after. Even so, it was during the nineteenth century that cookery and recipe publications became popular. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to assembling, testing, and writing down recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. By the advent of the 20th century, cookbooks are in great demand, mostly as a result of increased literacy, people having increased leisure time and being a little richer. The revolution that is television gave us TV cookery programs and the demand for the accompanying recipe books. Which pretty much brings us up to date and the invention of the internet, permitting us all to access massive numbers of recipes just like those on this recipe site. |
We hope you enjoy this Chunky Tomato Citrus Salsa recipe.
