Ingredients
6 each pork chops
2 tbsp butter
1 each lemon, sliced
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 salt
1 pepper
1/4 cup brown sugar
Directions
Brown chops with melted butter in large skillet. Place them in greased
baking dish. Place a thin slice of lemon on each. Sprinkle with salt
and pepper. Spread brown sugar over chops, then tomato sauce. Cover
and bake 1 1/4 hours at 350 deg.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Meat; Pork
The History of Recipes
It is actually possible to trace the history of written cooking instructions way back into the far past, at least as far back into history as the Egyptians, and potentially, even further back. Having said that, generally, these early cook books were just primitive pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for meal preparation.
The truth of the matter is, the oldest recipe found, according to experts is a collection of tablets in Sumerian describing the baking 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 blissful and exhilarated. As we move into Roman times around 25BC a man called Apicius created some scripts describing recipes prepared by the Romans. In his works, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were split into starters, main course and dessert, something that is very familiar to us today. This early Roman chef tells us how the Roman chefs made use of many spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs like basil, fennel and asafoetida. Later, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many foods, spices and herbs from the East, including spices like basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new foods and spices was responsible for a torrent in recipe manuscripts, some of which are now in academic collections. During the following few centuries, the upper-class families of Europe competed with each other to offer the best banquets, and as a result the best chefs and their collection of recipes became highly prized. Nevertheless, it was during the nineteenth century that fine cookery and recipe publications rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated the best years of their lives to collecting, testing, and publishing recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. By the advent of the 1900s, cooking books are in great demand, due to increased literacy, people having increased leisure time and disposable income. |
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