3 egg whites
2 cup corn flakes
1/2 cup shredded cocoanut
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sugar
Directions
Beat egg white stiff and add other ingredients. Drop by teaspoonfuls
on a greased tin. Bake in a moderately hot oven. Time in oven, 15
minutes. Temperature, 375 degrees.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Beverages
The History of Recipes
Historians have proved the existance of recipes back into antiquity, certainly as far back into history as the Egyptians, and maybe even further. In practice though, these, ancient cook books were just primitive hieroglyphic recipes for food preparation.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe discovered, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a series 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 exhilarated. During Roman times around 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a collection of scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his works, he tells us how the roman meals were split into starters, main meal and dessert, a style of dining still practiced today. This early Roman chef informs us how the cooks of his times used a wide range of spices and herbs, including a few you will know such as bay, fennel and asafoetida. As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years there are a couple of recipe books from the 1300s - one book called `Forme of Cury`, and another called `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, they are unconnected to the indian food that is popular today, but instead accounts of the types of food prepared by the chefs of the nobility of the time. In the fifteenth century, the Crusaders brought back a variety of foods, spices and herbs from the holy lands, including spices such as coriander, parsley, and basil. The introduction of these new culinary ideas was responsible for an eruption in publications on food, many of which are kept safe in private cookery archives. During the succeeding few hundred years, the wealthy families of the West competed to serve up the best banquets, and consequentially chefs and their recipes were highly sought after. However, it was during the 19th century that fine cookery and recipe collections became popular. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated their lives to assembling, testing, and writing down popular recipes of the day. By the arrival of the 1900s, cooking books were highly popular due to better eduction, leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Cocoanut Crispettes recipe.
