Articles Archive for July 2008
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Sausages were made by the Sumerians (Iraquis) before 3,000 BC. Many manuscripts refer to sausage making thousands of years earlier and we know that the Chinese made lachang from goat and lamb around 590 BC. …
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Thousands of years ago the Romans made gnocchi and today most countries in the world offer dumplings in some form or other. Gnocchi are, essentially, little dumplings made from potatoes, wheat flour, semolina or even bread …
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In ancient Egypt the hibiscus flower thrived in most gardens and were used in many dishes – probably because everyone believed it to be an aphrodisiac. They tell us Cleopatra bathed in milk while her …
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The first tea plant (camellia sinensis) originated in South East Asia around northeasernt India, the north of Burma and the southwest of China and Tibet and the birthplace of tea seems to be in the …
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The Battenberg cake was first created for the wedding of Princess Victoria of Hesse-Darmstadt, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, to Louis Battenberg in 1884. Curiously, Victoria’s daughter married Prince Henry of Battenberg a year later and …
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Tea made with a teabag doesn’t really taste as good as tea made correctly – like tea made in a paper bag, really. Since they do exist and since we all use them at one …
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The word raclette is French – derived from the racler which means to scrape – since raclette is eaten by scraping melted cheese from a solid block of cheese, it’s as good a word as …
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There are few things more American than a hamburger and most of us that grow up outside America, have mental images of American kids sitting in long, slinky cars watching movies, eating hamburgers and drinking …
