Ingredients
1 lb ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 can tomatoes
1 lb macaroni
1 salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Brown the ground beef and onions in a skillet. Meanwhile cook the
macaroni. Rinse and Drain when done. Add the can of tomatoes to the
browned beef mixture and heat through. Mix the macaroni with the
ground beef/tomato mixture, add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
Servings: 4 servings
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The History of Recipes
It is quite possible to track the history of written cooking instructions back into history, at least as far into history as ancient Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. In practice though, sadly, these ancient records were just simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for meal preparation.
Progressing into Roman times around 25BC a man called Apicius created some scripts detailing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his scrolls, he describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were split into appetizers, main meal and dessert, something we still use today. Additionally, he informs us how the cooks of Roman times used many spices and herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern cooks such as bay, fennel and dill. Later on in the 1400s, knights returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods and spices from the holy lands, including parsley and basil. These new herbs and spices led to an explosion in manuscripts on food, most of which are now in academic collections. By the advent of the twentieth century, cooking books are highly popular as a result of better eduction, people having more leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this American Chop Suey recipe.
