Ingredients
2 lb fresh tender okra pods
5 each hot red/green peppers
5 each cloves garlic, peeled
1 qt distilled vinegar
1/2 cup water
6 tbsp pickling salt
1 tbsp celery seed
1 tbsp mustard seed
Directions
Wash Okra and pack into clean jars with screw tops. Into each jar put
1 red or green hot pepper and 1 clove garlic. Bring remaining
ingredients to a boil and pour over the okra, filling the jars to
overflowing. Seal while hot and let age for 2 months before using.
Makes 5 pints
Servings: 5 servings
Cocktail Okra Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Party; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
We are able to track the history of written recipes back into antiquity, in truth as far back into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further than that. Having said that, mostly, these ancient records were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for meal preparation.
The truth of the matter is, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to academics are a few tablets in the Sumerian language which describe the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made drinkers feel exhilarated. As we move into The time of the romans around 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a collection of documents which described recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his publication, he recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into appetizers, entrees and afters, a very modern way of dining. Aspicius recounts how the chefs of Roman times were skilled in the use of a good variety of spices, including a few you will know like bay, mint and asafoetida. As we move on, there are a couple of interesting cookery books published in the 14th Century : a cookery book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Don`t be fooled by the titles though, these two books are nothing to do with the spicy food that we all know today, but instead accounts of the types of meals on the menus of the upper classes of those days. Later, in the fifteenth century, the Crusaders brought back many new foods and spices from middle-east cuisine, such as basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new foods and spices led to a surge in cookery books, most of which are now in private libraries. During the following few hundred years, the powerful families of Europe tried to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and because of this cooks and their collection of recipes were much in demand. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 1800s the formal cooking and recipe books became popular. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, spent years to collecting, testing, and writing down recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. By the advent of the 20th century, cooking books were increasing in popularity as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having more free time and having more disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Cocktail Okra recipe.
