Ingredients
4 heads garlic
2 cup red wine vinegar
2 cup water
1 cup sugar
6 whole cloves (the spice)
2 tbsp black peppercorns
Directions
Separate garlic cloves, but do not peel. Place all ingredients in a
large heavy-bottom saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook for 10 minutes,
stirring from time to time. Reduce heat to moderate and cook 5
minutes. Cool to room temperature. Transfer to a large glass or
ceramic jar large enough to hold garlic and the liquid. Tightly seal.
Refrigerate at least 1 month before serving. The garlic improves
with age for as long as 15 years.
From: "Garlic" by Janet Hazen (Chronicle Books). Typed for you by
Karen Mintzias
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Vegetable
The History of Recipes
We are able to follow the history of meal recipes back into antiquity, in fact as far back as the early Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. However, mostly, these ancient cook books were just very basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for food preparation.
The truth of the matter is, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to experts is a series of tablets in the Sumerian language which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who tried it feel wonderful. As we move on, there are some interesting books dating from the 14th Century ; a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another called `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these have no connection with the curry that is popular today, but rather recipes for the types of food prepared by the cooks of the rich people of that period. During the following few hundred years, the wealthy families of the West strove to offer the most exotic banquets, and as a consequence, cooks and their recipe collections became highly prized. Even so, it wasn`t until the 1800s that fine cookery and recipe collections rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to assembling, trying out, and publishing recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. By the time we get to the 1900s, cooking books were greatly in demand due to more people being able to read, more free time and disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Persian Sugar Pickled Garlic recipe.
