3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup butter
2 eggs
2 cup brown sugar
1/8 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp lemon rind, grated
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
Directions
Mix flour and butter into a fine crumb and pat down into an 11" X 7"
pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Beat eggs. Mix brown sugar,
nuts, baking powder and vanilla and spread onto hot crumb mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Mix confectioners' sugar, lemon
rind and juice and spread over hot cake. Cool well and cut into
squares. Mrs. John Hopkins IV
Servings: 1 servings
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The History of Recipes
It is actually possible to trace the history of written recipes back into distant history, in fact as far back into recorded history as ancient Egypt, and potentially, even further back. In practice though, sadly, these early cookbooks were just simple pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
The truth of the matter is, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to historians are some clay tablets in Sumerian which show 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 anyone who tried it feel blissful and exhilarated. As we move into Roman times 25BC a man called Apicius compiled some documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. He tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were divided into appetizers, main meal and dessert, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. Aspicius also describes how the Roman chefs made use of a wide range of herbs and spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks like basil, fennel and asafoetida. Moving on, we have a couple of books which date from the fourteenth century - one book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, these two books have no connection with the curry that is served today, but rather accounts of the types of food enjoyed by the wealthy. Later, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought us many new spices and herbs from Arab cuisine, including spices like coriander, parsley, and rosemary. These new culinary innovations led to an explosion in publications on food, some of which still exist in private libraries. By the advent of the 1900s, recipe books were starting to become popular mostly due to higher levels of literacy, people having increased spare time and having more money. The revolution that is television brought us celebrity TV chefs and the recipe books that accompanied them. Which brings us neatly to the present day and the internet revolution, allowing us all to search through massive numbers of recipes just like those on our web site. |
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