2 cup coconut
2 cup icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup mashed potatoes
Directions
Mix thoroughly and shape into tiny hay stacks and refrigerate for 2
houra mix thoroughly and shape into tiny hay stacks, refrigerate 2
hours. melt one square of unsweetened chocolate and dip candies in
it, put back in fridge to harden.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Fruit
The History of Recipes
Experts have traced the existance of recipes far back into the distant past, certainly as far back into recorded history as the ancient Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that maybe, generally, these old recipes were just very basic pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe found, according to historians is a collection of 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 making people feel exhilarated. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius created a few documents describing recipes enjoyed by wealthy Romans. In his works, Apicius tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into starters, main course and desserts, a very modern way of dining. Additionally, he recounts how the Roman chefs were skilled in the use of a good variety of herbs and spices, including some familiar names such as bay, fennel and dill. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times we find a couple of interesting books published in the fourteenth century ; one book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. Perhaps surprisingly, they are not about the indian curry that we all know today, but rather accounts of the types of meals cooked for the rich and powerful of those days. In the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought us many foods and spices from the East, including rosemary and coriander. The introduction of these new foods and spices was responsible for an increase in books on cookery, most of which still exist in private cookery archives. Over the following few centuries, the upper classes competed with each other to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and as a result the best cooks and their recipe collections were greatly in demand. Nevertheless, it was during the nineteenth century that cookery and recipe books really came of age. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to collecting, verifying, and writing down recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cookbooks were in high demand, as a result of increased literacy, more leisure time and having more money. The introduction of television gave us cooking programs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. Which pretty much brings us up to date and the internet revolution, allowing us all to access massive numbers of recipes such as those found on our site. |
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