Ingredients
1 medium head of green cabbage --
1 shredded
2 medium carrots -- grated
1 green pepper -- finely
1 diced
2 tbsp onion -- grated
2 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dijon mustard
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tbsp celery seeds
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp white pepper
Directions
Mix vegetables in a bowl. Mix remaining ingredients in another. Mix
together and toss well. Cover and refigerate 3-4 hours.
Recipe By : Kit Anderson
Servings: 6 servings
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The History of Recipes
Experts have traced the existance of recipes back into history, at least as far as the ancient Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that maybe, mostly, these ancient recipes were just very simple pictorial instructions for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a series of clay tablets in Sumerian which recount 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 people feel blissful and exhilarated. As we move into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a roman called Apicius wrote a collection of documents describing recipes cooked by wealthy Romans. In his publication, he tells us how the meals were split into starters, main meal and dessert, something we still use today. Aspicius also tells us how the ancient chefs made use of a good variety of spices, including some that we all recognise for example basil, mint and dill. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we find a couple of interesting recipe books which date from the 14th Century - one book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, they are unconnected to the curry that is familiar to us all today, but instead recipes for the types of food on the tables of the upper classes of that time. In the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many spices and herbs from the East, such as coriander, parsley, and basil. These new herbs and spices was responsible for an eruption in publications on food, most of which are now in private libraries. Over the following few centuries, the powerful and wealthy competed with each other to serve the most exotic meals, and as a result cooks and their recipes were highly sought after. Nevertheless, it was during the 19th century that formal cookery and recipe books became popular. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, testing, and recording recipes of the day. When we get to the 1900s, cookbooks are in high demand, mostly due to increased literacy, people having more spare time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Corky's Cole Slaw recipe.
