Ingredients
4 large potatoes
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Directions
Scrub the potatoes but don't peel them. Cut potatoes
lengthwise into 8 wedges; place in bowl. toss with oil
and sprinkle with paprika, salt and pepper. toss well.
Bake potatoes on baking sheet in 475F 240C oven,
turning once, for 20 minutes or until golden.
Per serving: about 135 calories, 2 g protein, 2 g fat,
26 g carbohydrate
Source: Canadian Living magazine, Mar 95
Presented in article by Shannon Ferrier, Tamara
Shuttleworth "Health & Well-Fare: Hey, Kids! Let's
Cook"
[-=PAM=-] PA_Meadows@msn.com
Servings: 6 servings
Kids-Cook: Oven Fries Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Vegetable
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be tracked back into history, at least as far as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and maybe even further. In practice though, mostly, these early recipes were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing meals.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe discovered, according to academics is a collection of clay tablets in ancient Sumerian describing the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel `wonderful`. Later on, in The time of the romans 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a few documents describing recipes enjoyed by wealthy roman citizens. In his scrolls, Apicius tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were split into hors d`oeuvres, main meal and desserts, something that is very familiar to us today. This early Roman chef tells us how the ancient chefs used a wide range of aromatic flavours, including some familiar names for example basil, fennel and asafoetida. Continuing our culinary historical journey, there are two interesting books published in the 1300s : a cookery book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Don`t be fooled by the titles though, these books are not about the indian food that is popular today, but instead descriptions of the types of food on the menus of the rich and powerful of those days. In the fifteenth century, the Crusaders brought back many foods, spices and herbs from Arab countries, including spices such as coriander, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new foods and spices caused an increase in recipe manuscripts, many of which are kept safe in private collections. During the succeeding few hundred years, the powerful families of the West competed with each other to serve up the best banquets, and as a consequence, chefs and their recipes were much in demand. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that haute cuisine and recipe collections became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, dedicated the best years of their lives to collating, verifying, and recording recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. By the arrival of the 1900s, recipe books are in high demand, due to more people being able to read, leisure time and having more money. Like it or not, the introduction of television brought us cooking programs and the spin-off recipe books. Which pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, permitting everybody to search through massive numbers of recipes like the ones you can find on our web site. |
We hope you enjoy this Kids Cook_ Oven Fries recipe.
