Ingredients
3 cup rice, cooked
1 cup dairy sour cream
1/2 cup montereyjack cheese, shredded
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 red chiles, ground, to tast
8 oz green chiles, chopped, *
Directions
* Use 2 4-oz cans of chopped green chiles which have been drained.
Servings: 8 servings
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Categories: Mexican; Rice; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
We are able to track the history of meal recipes far back into the far past, at least as far back into recorded history as pharonic Egypt, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that is, generally, these ancient cookbooks were just very simple hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
The truth of the matter is, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to academics is a collection of ancient tablets in the Sumerian language 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 making drinkers feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. Later on, in The time of the roman empire around 25BC a roman called Apicius created a number of documents describing recipes enjoyed by wealthy Romans. In his works, he recounts how the roman meals were split into hors d`oeuvres, entrees and afters, a style of dining still practiced today. This early Roman chef describes how the Roman chefs used a good variety of spices and herbs, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens for example thyme, mint and asafoetida. As we move on, we find a couple of interesting books which were published in the 14th Century ; a cookery book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these books are nothing to do with the curry that is popular today, but instead recipes for the types of food prepared by the cooks of the rich people of the time. Later, in the fifteenth century, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from Arab cuisine, such as rosemary and coriander. The introduction of these new culinary ideas created an outbreak in manuscripts on cooking, many of which are kept safe in private collections. During the following few hundred years, the families of Europe competed with each other to serve up the most extravagent meals, and because of this cooks and their recipe collections were at a premium. However, it wasn`t until the 1800s that cooking and recipe collections became popular. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted their lives to collecting, testing, and recording the recipes of their peers. By the time we get to the 1900s, cookbooks were in high demand, mostly as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having more free time and having more disposable income. The arrival of television gave us cooking programs and the demand for the accompanying recipe books. Which brings us neatly up to date and the invention of computers and the internet, allowing us all to access thousands of recipes such as those found on this recipe site. |
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