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32 marshmallows, -=or=-
3 cup mini marshmallows
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 cup wheaties cereal
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup nuts, coarsely chopped
Directions
Butter 9" square pan. Heat marshmallows and margarine in 3-qt
saucepan over low heat; stir constantly, until marshmallows are
melted and mixture is smooth; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Stir
in half of the cereal, coconut and nuts at a time. Press into pan;
cool. Cut into bars.
Servings: 36 cookies
Coconutty Marshmallow Bars * Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Cookie; Fruit
The History of Recipes
We can read the history of `recipes` back into the distant past, in fact as far into history as ancient Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that is, in the main part, these early records were just simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for meal preparation.
In fact, the most ancient recipe found, according to historians are some stone 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. Later on, in Roman times around 25BC a man called Apicius assembled a number of scripts showing how to cook the recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. In his works, Apicius describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into starters, entrees and desserts, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. He also recounts how the Romans used a good variety of aromatic flavors, including some that we all recognise such as basil, rue and asafoetida. Later on, there are some interesting books which appeared in the fourteenth century - one book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are somewhat misleading tho`, they have no connection with the indian curry that is served today, but rather recipes for the types of food prepared by the chefs of the rich people of those days. Later on in the 1400s, the Crusaders brought back a variety of foods and herbs from the East, including spices like coriander, basil and rosemary. These new foods and tastes was responsible for an outbreak in books on cooking, the majority of which are now in private collections. For the next few years, the powerful families of Wesstern Europe strove to offer the most exotic meals, and as a result the best chefs and their recipes were greatly in demand. However, it was during the 1800s that fine cooking and cookery books rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated their lives to collecting, trying out, and recording recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. By the advent of the twentieth century, recipe publications were greatly in demand mostly as a result of increased literacy, people having increased spare time and having more money. |
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