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
It is quite feasible to prove the history of written cooking instructions far back into antiquity, in truth as far back as pharonic Egypt, and potentially, even further back. Having said that, generally, these ancient cook books were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
Interestingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to food historians is a collection of stone 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 drinkers feel blissful and exhilarated. Closer to modern times, we find two interesting recipe books which were published in the fourteenth century ; a cookery book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, these are nothing to do with the indian food that is served today, but rather accounts of the types of meals enjoyed by the upper classes of those days. During the next few centuries, the rich families of the West tried to offer the best banquets, and as a consequence, cooks and their collection of recipes were highly sought after. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the 1800s that haute cuisine and recipe publications really came of age. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, spent years to collecting, trying out, and writing down recipes to help cooks of their time. By the advent of the 20th century, cooking publications were starting to become popular due to more people being able to read, people having more free time and disposable income. |
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