Ingredients
2 cup chicken breast, cooked,
1 skinless, boneless
4 oz water chestnuts, drained
1 sliced
1/2 cup celery, diced
1/2 cup sour cream, fat free
1/4 cup ranch dressing, fat free
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp lemon juice
Directions
Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes. Mix together chicken, water chestnuts,
and celery. Blend together the sour cream, fat free dressing, curry
powder, soy sauce, and lemon juice. Pour over the chicken mixture.
Stir in the grapes. Chill several hours. Per serving: fat 2.2 GM,
chol. 42 mg, calories 158 13% from fat, protein 17 GM, carb. 14 GM.
Servings: 6 servings
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The History of Recipes
Food historians have tracked the existence of recipes far back into distant history, certainly as far as the Egyptians, and maybe further still. However, in the main part, these old records were just very basic pictorial instructions for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe discovered, according to experts in ancient history is a collection of 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 having made those who drank it feel blissful. As we move into The time of the roman empire 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote a collection of documents detailing recipes prepared by wealthy roman citizens. In his works, he describes how the meals were split into starters, main course and desserts, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. Aspicius also recounts how the ancient Romans made use of many different aromatic flavors, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs like basil, rue and dill. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times we find a couple of cookery books from the 14th Century : a book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, they are unconnected to the indian curry that is served today, but instead descriptions of the types of food served to the rich people of that time. In the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods, spices and herbs from the holy land, including coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new herbs and spices was responsible for a torrent in recipe books, the majority of which are kept safe in academic collections. The introduction of television gave us TV cooks and the spin-off recipe books. Which pretty much brings us to the present day and the internet revolution, permitting everyone to search through massive numbers of recipes like those on sites such as this. |
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