16 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup whipping cream
6 oz crabmeat
1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
1 salt to taste
Directions
Combine all the ingredients and bake at 350 degrees til bubbly (about
20 minutes) uncovered in a casserole dish.
From Sandy Gamble
Servings: 8 servings
My Mother-In-Law's Hot Crab Dip Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Appetizer; Crab; Dip; Fish; Seafood
The History of Recipes
Historians have proved the existence of recipes back into ancient history, in fact as far as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and maybe even further. Interesting though that is, these, ancient cook books were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for food preparation.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to food historians are a few clay tablets in ancient Sumerian which describe 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 drank it feel exhilarated and blissful. Progressing into The time of the romans 25BC a man called Apicius created some scripts showing how to cook the recipes prepared by wealthy Romans. In his works, he describes how the roman meals were separated into appetizers, main course and desserts, something we still use today. This early Roman chef describes how the chefs of Roman times made use of a wide range of spices, including a few you will know such as thyme, mint and asafoetida. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times we have two books published in the 1300s : a cookery book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these two books are not about the spicy food that is familiar to us all today, but rather recipes for the types of food prepared by the chefs of the rich and powerful of that time. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many new foods and spices from Arab cooking, including spices such as coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new culinary ideas led to an increase in books on cooking, most of which still exist in private libraries. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cooking books are starting to become popular as a result of more people being able to read, leisure time and having more money to spend. The introduction of television brings us celebrity TV chefs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. And that brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, allowing everyone to search through massive numbers of recipes just like those on this web site. |
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