CRUST
1 shortbread, see recipe # 23
CHEESECAKE
4 cup dry curd cheese, 2 lbs, *
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup sugar, granulated
4 eggs, large, lightly beaten
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
CRUMB TOPPING
1 cup unbleached flour
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tbsp unbleached flour
Directions
* Use either Dry Curd Cottage or Farmer cheese in this recipe.
Servings: 10 servings
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Categories: Cheesecake; Dessert
The History of Recipes
Food historians have proved the existence of recipes far back into the distant past, in fact as far back into recorded history as the ancient Egyptians, and possibly even further. However, mostly, these early recipes were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing meals.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe found, according to experts in ancient history is a collection of stone tablets in ancient Sumerian describing 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 drinkers feel wonderful. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we have two books published in the fourteenth century : a book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these books are nothing to do with the spicy food that is familiar to us all today, but rather descriptions of the types of meals prepared for the upper classes of the time. Over the next few hundred years, the rich families of Europe tried to offer the most extravagent banquests, and as a result the best cooks and their collection of recipes increased in prestige. Even so, it wasn`t until the 1800s that cooking and recipe books became really popular. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, spent years to collating, testing, and writing down recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. When we get to the 1900s, recipe books were starting to become popular as a result of increased literacy, more leisure time and a general increase in wealth. The arrival of TV brought us celebrity TV chefs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of the internet, permitting everybody to access thousands of recipes like those on this web site. |
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