4 cup sugar
3/4 cup cold water
3 egg whites
1/2 cup roasted peanuts (pecans)
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Directions
Mix togeather sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt in a 1 1/2 quart
casserole dish. Cook in microwave for 22 min or until hard ball
stage. Stir once or twice while cooking. Beat egg whites until stiff
in very large mixing bowl. Pour hot mixture into beaten egg whites
and beat about 12 min. Fold in nuts and vanilla.
Servings: 6 servings
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The History of Recipes
We are able to trace the history of written recipes way back into antiquity, at least as far back into recorded history as ancient Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that maybe, mostly, these ancient cookbooks were just basic pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
The truth of the matter is, the oldest recipe discovered, according to experts in ancient history is a series of clay tablets in the Sumerian language which recount 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 `wonderful`. As we move on, there were a couple of interesting books which appeared in the fourteenth century ; a book called `Forme of Cury`, and another called `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, they are not about the indian food that we all know today, but instead descriptions of the types of food on the menus of the rich and powerful of that period. During the next few centuries, the rich and powerful families of Wesstern Europe competed with each other to offer the most exotic meals, and consequentially the best cooks and their recipe collections increased in prestige. Even so, it was during the nineteenth century that fine cookery and recipe books became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted their lives to collecting, verifying, and recording recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. By the advent of the 20th century, cookery books were in great demand, mostly as a result of better eduction, more leisure time and a general increase in wealth. |
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