This article is about: cheesecakes
Who doesn't love Cheesecake? It is a great choice of dessert for many occasions.
Not only that, but there is a huge variety of types of cheesecakes to choose from. Simple cheesecakes like the New York cheesecake, chocolate cheesecake, and the basic fruit cheesecake are sure to meet your dessert needs.
The more complex cheesecakes include German chocolate, cinnamon swirl, and berry wild cheesecake. But there are many more.
What many people don't know is that this dessert was just as popular at the time it was originally created, even been offered to appease the gods.
With the knowledge and discoveries we've made today, the history of the cheesecake can be traced back 2000 years.
We do not know what these cheesecakes had been called at that time, but we do know they were served to Olympians in the original Olympic games held in 776 BC on the Isle of Delos.
Often served in smaller sizes than today's, the Greeks viewed this dessert as a good source of energy for the athletes.
When the Romans conquered ancient Greece, aspects of the culture, such as food, were also conquered. The Roman took the dessert, changed the name to placenta (also called Libum), and elevated the dessert to the level of "food for the gods."
The earliest manuscript we have for the Roman placenta was written in the first century B.C. by the Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato.
In his treatise on agriculture, Cato included a simple recipe of how cheesecake was to be made:
Libum to be made as follows: 2 pounds cheese well crushed in a mortar; when it is well crushed, add in 1 pound bread-wheat flour or, if you want it to be lighter, just 1/2 a pound, to be mixed with the cheese.
Next add one egg, and mix all together. Cook slowly in a hot fire under a brick.
In the Roman culture, offerings were given to household and temple gods to appease them and ask for their blessings.
There were thousands of gods. Some of the bigger ones were Jupiter, Janus, Pomona, Consus, Ops, and Saturn. Each god had their individual roles.
The Romans, who believe their gods brought them success or failure, brought many sacrifices.
The cheesecake that we eat today, was no ordinary food for the Romans, it was very important to the them, who felt that with the use of this dessert they could appease their gods into helping them be more successful.
Who doesn't love Cheesecake? It is a great choice of dessert for many occasions.
Not only that, but there is a huge variety of types of cheesecakes to choose from. Simple cheesecakes like the New York cheesecake, chocolate cheesecake, and the basic fruit cheesecake are sure to meet your dessert needs.
The more complex cheesecakes include German chocolate, cinnamon swirl, and berry wild cheesecake. But there are many more.
What many people don't know is that this dessert was just as popular at the time it was originally created, even been offered to appease the gods.
With the knowledge and discoveries we've made today, the history of the cheesecake can be traced back 2000 years.
We do not know what these cheesecakes had been called at that time, but we do know they were served to Olympians in the original Olympic games held in 776 BC on the Isle of Delos.
Often served in smaller sizes than today's, the Greeks viewed this dessert as a good source of energy for the athletes.
When the Romans conquered ancient Greece, aspects of the culture, such as food, were also conquered. The Roman took the dessert, changed the name to placenta (also called Libum), and elevated the dessert to the level of "food for the gods."
The earliest manuscript we have for the Roman placenta was written in the first century B.C. by the Roman politician Marcus Porcius Cato.
In his treatise on agriculture, Cato included a simple recipe of how cheesecake was to be made:
Libum to be made as follows: 2 pounds cheese well crushed in a mortar; when it is well crushed, add in 1 pound bread-wheat flour or, if you want it to be lighter, just 1/2 a pound, to be mixed with the cheese.
Next add one egg, and mix all together. Cook slowly in a hot fire under a brick.
In the Roman culture, offerings were given to household and temple gods to appease them and ask for their blessings.
There were thousands of gods. Some of the bigger ones were Jupiter, Janus, Pomona, Consus, Ops, and Saturn. Each god had their individual roles.
The Romans, who believe their gods brought them success or failure, brought many sacrifices.
The cheesecake that we eat today, was no ordinary food for the Romans, it was very important to the them, who felt that with the use of this dessert they could appease their gods into helping them be more successful.
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