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There are legends about the origin of sugar. Here is one of them. When the soldiers of Alexander of Macedon came to India, sugar extracted from cane was already known there. At historians of the Macedonian army there are mentions of an unknown white solid product of sweet taste. This product was obtained from a special Indian cane, which "gives honey without bees." The name “cane honey” in Sanskrit sounded like “sarkara” or “sakkara”. The root of this word subsequently entered into all European languages...

It is prepared differently in every country, there are a huge number of recipes for this oriental dish, different traditions and rules, as it is. This dish is found in the tales of "A Thousand and One Nights" and is strongly associated with the East in modern man. A delicious pilaf. So who invented it? The exact date of birth of this dish is unknown, but scientists say that already in the II – III century BC, it was very popular. There is a version that the pilaf recipe came from China. This is not true, since the rice cooking technology in Chinese cuisine is somewhat different...

We all use cutlery. They are such an integral part of our life that we do not even think about the fact that they might not be. As, however, of all man-made objects surrounding us. Here, it would seem - an ordinary plug, which we use since childhood. After all, once it did not exist, which means that someone invented it. When and by whom was the fork invented? Who owns such a wonderful invention? Unfortunately, an exact answer to this question is impossible. The history of the cutlery familiar...

Coffee is not just a popular drink. A lot of legends go about him, and the history of his development continues to this day. It is difficult to imagine how much the views on the invigorating drink have changed in different years in different countries, but today there are only two. Behind one is coffee lovers, who cannot imagine life without coffee, and behind the second are opponents who consider the drink harmful and even narcotic. Where coffee was born as a drink In short, the history of coffee begins in the distant X century in hot Ethiopia...

Light and uncomplicated in preparation, subject to every not very advanced housewife, cabbage rolls have long been fond of as an independent and rather tasty dish. You can meet them at the family table or at a banquet, it is customary to treat guests or even the most sophisticated gourmets with this dish. Stuffed cabbage is an independent and tasty dish. Cabbage rolls are quite simple in their preparation, it is enough to roll the meat in a meat grinder, mix it with boiled rice, wrap this stuffing in a cabbage leaf, season it all with tomato paste and stew...