Ingredients
2 cup unbleached flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup beer
Directions
Preheat Oven to 450 degrees F. Sift dry ingredients together. Cut in
shortening until it has cornmeal consistanch. Stir in beer, knead
lightly, roll out to 1/2-inch thickness. Bake 10 - 12 minutes or
until golden brown. Makes 12 to 15 biscuits.
Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Beer; Bread; Breads
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to trace the history of written cooking instructions way back into antiquity, in truth as far back into history as ancient Egypt, and possibly even further. Interesting though that is, mostly, these early cookbooks were just very basic pictorial instructions for preparing food.
In fact, the oldest recipe found, according to historians is a collection of ancient tablets in the Sumerian language describing 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 anyone who drank it feel blissful and exhilarated. Later on, we have two interesting books from the fourteenth century : one book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are somewhat misleading tho`, these two books are unconnected to the indian curry that is served today, but rather descriptions of the types of meals cooked for the upper classes of the period. Later on in the 1400s, knights returning from the crusades brought us many foods, spices and herbs from the East, including spices like coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new foods and tastes led to a torrent in recipe books, the majority of which are now in academic collections. For the next few years, the wealthy families of Europe competed with each other to serve the best banquets, and as a result the best chefs and their collection of recipes were much in demand. However, it was during the nineteenth century that cookery and cookery books rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, dedicated their lives to collating, testing, and recording popular recipes of the day. The introduction of the TV brought us cooking programs and the spin-off recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of the internet, permitting everyone to search through thousands of recipes like the ones you can find on this web site. |
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