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 possible to follow the history of `recipes` back into antiquity, certainly as far back into recorded history as the ancient Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, in the main part, these ancient recipes were just basic hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
In fact, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to experts in ancient history are some tablets in Sumerian 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 having made those who drank it feel blissful and exhilarated. Later on, in The time of the romans around 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a collection of scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by wealthy Romans. In his scrolls, he tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into hors d`oeuvre, main course and afters, a very modern way of dining. This early Roman chef describes how the cooks of his times were skilled in the use of a good variety of spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs like bay, fennel and parsley. Moving on, we find two recipe books which appeared in the fourteenth century : a cookery book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these are not about the indian food that is served today, but rather accounts of the types of meals prepared by the chefs of the nobility of the period. Later, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods and herbs from the holy lands, including spices like parsley, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new culinary ideas prompted a torrent in recipe publications, the majority of which still exist in private cookery archives. During the following few centuries, the powerful and rich competed to serve up the most exotic meals, and consequentially the best chefs and their collection of recipes were at a premium. However, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that haute cuisine and cookery books really came of age. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to collating, trying out, and recording the recipes that were being prepared for the better households. By the advent of the 1900s, cookbooks are highly popular mostly as a result of better eduction, people having increased spare time and having more disposable income. The revolution that is television gave us TV cooks and the recipe books that accompanied them. Which brings us neatly to the present day and the internet revolution, allowing everybody to search through thousands of recipes like those on our site. |
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