Ingredients
1/3 cup shortening
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp mace
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp allspice
2 1/2 cup mixed candied fruit
Directions
Heat oven to 325. Mix shortening, sugar, molasses & egg. Stir dry
ingredients; blend into shortening mixture. Stir in fruit. Drop by
teaspoonfuls about 1" apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake
12-15 minutes.
Servings: 1 servings
Christmas Jewels Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Christmas; Holiday
The History of Recipes
Food historians have found proof that recipes existed far back into distant history, in truth as far back as ancient Egypt, and maybe further still. However, in the main part, these ancient cookbooks were just very basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for food preparation.
Interestingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to food historians is a series of stone 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 making drinkers feel wonderful and blissful. As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years we find two interesting recipe books which date from the 14th Century : a cookery book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, these are nothing to do with the indian curry that appears on menues today, but instead descriptions of the types of food on the tables of the rich and wealthy people of the time. In the fifteenth century, people returning from the crusades brought back many new spices and herbs from the Middle-East, including basil and rosemary. These new herbs and spices caused a surge in books on cookery, some of which are now in academic collections. During the succeeding few hundred years, the powerful and rich tried to offer the most exotic meals, and as a result the best cooks and their collection of recipes were at a premium. Nevertheless, it wasn`t until the 1800s that cookery and recipe publications rose to prominence. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated their lives to assembling, testing, and publishing recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. Like it or not, the introduction of television gave us celebrity TV chefs and the recipe books that accompanied them. Which brings us neatly up to date and the invention of the internet, allowing everyone to search through thousands of recipes just like those on this site. |
We hope you enjoy this Christmas Jewels recipe.
