One of the first written references is from an anonymous 13th-century North Africa / Andalusian cookbook, Kitāb al-tabǐkh fǐ al-Maghrib ( North Africa ) wa ' l-Andalus ( Arabic ) " The cookbook of the Maghreb and Al-Andalus ", with a recipe for couscous that was ' known all over the world '.

One such recipe calls for 1 litre of boiled water, 1 / 2 teaspoon of salt, 6 teaspoons of sugar, and added mashed banana for potassium and to improve taste.

One recipe for " flying fire " ( ingis volatilis ) involves saltpetre, sulfur, and colophonium, which, when inserted into a reed or hollow wood, " flies away suddenly and burns up everything.

One 12th century ink recipe called for hawthorn branches to be cut in the spring and left to dry.

One of the most comprehensive recipe books for pre-and post-coital contraception was written by a " Pedro Hispano ", who offered advice on birth control and how to provoke menstruation in his immensely popular Thesaurus Pauperum ( Treasure of the Poor ).

Don Quixote ( Part One, Chapter XVII ) mixes it in his recipe of the miraculous balm of Fierabras.

One recipe calls for vinegar ( 1: 1 proportion to egg yolk by volume ); other recipes suggest white wine ( 1 part yolk, 2 parts wine ).

One turn of the 19th to 20th century recipe subsequently replaced the lemon juice with lime juice.

One recipe for a “ general tonic ” has a main ingredient of arsenic and has written below it: “ A great tonic for all horses ”.

One recipe for Auricularia auricula-judae is to collect it while still soft, wash it thoroughly and cut it into thin slices.

One of the most common desserts with the pecan as a central ingredient is the pecan pie, a traditional southern U. S. recipe.

One specific recipe, Conditum Paradoxum, is for a mixture of wine, honey, pepper, laurel, dates, mastic, and saffron, cooked and stored for later use.

One recipe is to chill filtered tap water in the fridge, optionally add one quarter to one half a level teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate ( baking soda ) to the soda siphon, add the chilled water and add the carbon dioxide under pressure.

One delicacy that is truly unique to the region is akanes, which is a type of gourmet candy delight prepared according to a secret recipe since the beginning of the 20th century by the Roumbos family.

One example of this approach from the period was Kickapoo Indian Sagwa, a product of the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company of Connecticut ( completely unrelated to the real Kickapoo Indian tribe of Oklahoma ), supposedly based on a Native American recipe.

One serving based on the original recipe consists approximately of:

Bajan ( Barbadian ) Rum Punch is one of the oldest rum punches and has a simple recipe enshrined in a national rhyme: " One of Sour, Two of Sweet, Three of Strong, Four of Weak.

One story is that her husband was given the recipe as part payment for a debt.

One new addition to the recipe was the Scotch bonnet pepper, which is largely responsible for the heat found in Caribbean jerks.

One penuche-style recipe is called " no-bake penuche drop cookies ", which is made from brown sugar, milk, butter, oats, and nuts.

One traditional recipe for cranachan is pinhead oatmeal, double ( or whipping ) cream, and 2 tablespoons ( 35 ml ) of whisky.

One of the famous crops of Ngaraard is taro and its recipe, which uses taro leaves, coconut milk and land crab, is called demok.

One producer ( see below ) claims his recipe to date to 1890, winning awards as early as 1923.

One author's recipe says to mix the other ingredients together in a large bowl, " place the bowl under the cow, and milk it full.

One thing was certain -- his method was effective, so effective that after a time even the warning notices were often unnecessary.

One of Greg's bombs hung up, and he was miles from the target before he could get rid of it.

One swallow was all he would have ; ;

One girl expressed what was obviously in their minds.

One is tempted to say that, on the difference between the concepts of sovereignty in these two preambles, the worst war of the Nineteenth century was fought.

One beatnik got the woman he was living with so involved in drugs and self-analysis and all-night sessions of sex that she was beginning to crack up.

One evening, while a volley-ball game was being played in the yard among the prisoners remaining there, a simulated melee was staged -- just as the gates were opened to admit other prisoners returning from work.

One of the pictures was of a man with hat drawn over his face ceremoniously lighting a cigarette ; ;

One thing Papa had not taught Henrietta was how to handle a young man as high-spirited and opinionated as herself.

One cause of Schopenhauer's pessimism was the fact that he failed to learn the guitar.

One was an article on the U.N. by Alice Widener from the Cincinnati Enquirer.

One day he assigned me to lay bare a `` plot '' by the Duponts to supply munitions to a wholly fictitious revolution he said was about to occur in Cuba.

One shawl was so tremendous that she could not wear it, so she draped it over the banister on the second floor, and it hung over the stairway.

One White House dog was immortalized in a painting.

One person she helped was my brother.

One of Sherman's most serious shortcomings, however, was his mistrust of his cavalry.

One can imagine that with her and Gorton there it was no place for anyone with weak nerves.

One historical authority presents laborious and circuitous testimony tending to arouse suspicion that Massachusetts was behind the clouds settling down on the embattled Gorton.

One of the people who was afraid of Alfred was his own brother, Lew.

One example of this was his assertion that `` all servile revolts must be dealt with by physical force ''.

One day he was visited by a delegation of would-be imitators who wanted to know his secret.