Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil
2 each onions, chopped
4 each garlic cloves
2 lb runner beans, trimmed & - sliced
1 lb tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp basil
2 cup stock
Directions
Heat oil in a pot & fry the onion for 2 minutes. add garlic & fry
together. Add the rest of the ingredients & the seasonings. Mix
together well. Fry for 5 minutes. Add stock. Simer till the beans
are tender. Serve hot or cold.
Jack Santa Maria, "Greek Vegetarian Cookery"
Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Bean; Soup; Stew
The History of Recipes
We are able to follow the history of `recipes` way back into antiquity, in fact as far back into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further than that. However, these, early recipes were just very basic hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
The truth of the matter is, the most ancient recipe discovered, according to experts are a few stone tablets in ancient Sumerian which describe the baking 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 compiled a few scripts showing how to cook the recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his works, Apicius tells us how the meals were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main meal and dessert, something that is very familiar to us today. He also describes how the Romans made use of many herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs for example thyme, fennel and dill. During the following few hundred years, the rich and powerful families of Wesstern Europe strove to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and consequentially cooks and their recipes became highly prized. Nevertheless, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cookery and recipe publications became popular. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated the best years of their lives to collecting, verifying, and publishing the recipes of their peers. By the advent of the 20th century, cookery books were greatly in demand as a result of better eduction, people having more spare time and disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Bean Stew recipe.
