American
patriot, Benjamin Franklin, and his food predilections. One of the drafters of
the Declaration of Independence and a singer of the US constitution, he was
also a great proponent of local American produce as a way to avoid dependence
on foreign imports.
Christine's Pantry
Easy And Affordable Home Cooking! And A Dash Of History!
Friday, May 17, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Bowtie Chicken
Parsley
is a wonderfully nutritious and healing food, it is often under appreciated.
Most folks don’t realize that this vegetable has more uses than just being a
decorative garnish that accompanies restaurant meals. They do not know that
parsley is actually a store hose of nutrients and that it features a delicious
green and vibrant taste.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Banana Chocolate Pancakes
People
have been eating pancake for a very long time. According to Alan Davidson, in
the Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1999), the first
mention of anything other than just a bread baked on a griddle is in Apicius,
who talks about cakes from a batter of eggs, milk, water and flour.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Spicy Sausage with Pasta
Before
industrialization, salt was extremely expensive and labor intensive to harvest mass
quantities of salt necessary for food preservation and seasoning. This made
salt an extremely valuable commodity. Entire economies were based on salt
production and trade.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Baked Tilapia with Lemon Butter
The origin of the lemon has not yet
been determined; science suggests it may be northwestern India, cultivated for
more than 2,500 years. Arab traders
brought the lemons to the Middle East and Africa sometime after 100 C.E
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Penne with Sausage and Peppers
History has it that
mozzarella was first made when cheese curds accidently fell
into a pail of hot water at the cheese factory near Naples, soon thereafter the
first pizza was made! New cheeses are often formulated when mistakes happen, so
there well may be truth in the tale!
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Baked Chicken Meatballs
No one is sure where the
meatball originated and early recipes are difficult to find. It's easy to
ascertain though, that meatballs as we know them, made with ground meat, were
not possible until meat grinders were invented.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Chocolate Strawberry Banana Smoothie
As you may have notice in your grocery store,
bananas are picked and shipped green. They are the only fruit that actually
develop better color, aroma, and sweetness when ripened after harvest. Bananas
ripen rather quickly after being harvested and will also hasten ripening of
other fruits in their vicinity.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Saucy Noodles with Ground Beef
If you could follow
the scent of pasta through the millennia, it's no exaggeration to say that the
entire history of civilization would be traced. The trail would span cultures
and continents ranging from Asia, Europe, the Mid-East, America, and parts of
Africa, and reach back at least 3,500 years.
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