the further back in time you go, the less detail there is in cookery books. if you go far back enough, the method is basically like "cook the food until it's good".
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The direction for gnocchi in my great-grandad's handwritten recipe book said "use the recipe you know and add with the soup" and listed just the ingredients for soup.
I wonder what cookery books looked like if you go really, really, REALLY far back in time. Like 2023. Did cookery books even exist at that point, or was it still just paintings on the wall
Unfortunately, I am not a historical expert as I cannot remember what I had for breakfast, lunch, or even dinner yesterday. But from hours and hours of research I did just this minute, some experts say that apparently they used hieroglyphics like 🐓🥚🔥🍳
Yes! I’ve been watching the Tasting History channel on Youtube, hosted by a lovely guy who prepares dishes sourced from old recipes and books and talks about the history of the dish he’s making. The instructions are often quite vague.
True. I feel like the closest cookery books before cookery books might be some notes in the form of scriptures only readable by the One and somehow very unclear like: "egg. 3 flour -salt" what's the unit? The name of the recipe? Only the One and those who knows their secrets can tell...
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