Hamburger with Burgundy

1&1/2 cups breadcrumbs (dried)
1 medium onion (minced)
1 lb. lean lamb or ground beef
3/4 cup burgundy
1 egg
1&1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4-teaspoon pepper

Method: Mix breadcrumbs with Burgundy and onion. When soft add beaten egg and meat plus salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly, shape into 8 patties. Brown in hot fat in a frying pan. Serves four to six.

Source: A Cooks' Tour of Recipes. Published for the Adelaide University S.R.C. [Students' Representative Council]. (Adelaide: Commercial Publications of South Australia, 1955), p.54.

Chicken & Chick Pea Casserole (Indian)

1 kg diced chicken
1 onions, diced
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
2 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
1 packet taco seasoning
1 teaspoon coriander
2 cups corn kernels
400g tins chick peas
400g tin baked beans
1/2 litre water

Method: Brown chicken in oil with onions. Add spices and water. Add corn and chick peas. Cook for 15 minutes. Add beans. Thicken if needed with 2 tablespoons cornflour made to paste in 1/2 cup water. Serves 4-6.

Source: Royal Adelaide Hospital Community Children's Centre (RAHCCC) Cookbook, 2nd edition (Adelaide, 2008), p.25.

Barbeque Fruit Sauce

3/4 cup onions, finely chopped
3 tsp prepared mild French mustard
8 peach halves, cooked or canned
120ml peach juice (no added sugar)
50ml white wine vinegar
1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 tsp W'stershire sauce

Method: Cook onions over low heat, stirring frequently for 2 minutes. Add vinegar, mustard and W'shire sauce and stir for 3 minutes. Stir in peaches, juice and tomato sauce, reduce heat and simmer until mixture thickens, 15-20 minutes.

This is delicious served over boned and skinned chicken.

Source: Rumbles Cookbook: low fat, low cholesterol, low salt and high fibre recipes edited by Judy Read (Adelaide: Royal Adelaide Hospital Health Promotion Unit, n.d. [1980s]), p44.

Vausage

1 cup cooked green lentils
1 cup cooked mashed potato
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
1 small onion
4-6 Tblspn gluten flour
2 tsp mixed herbs

Method: Mix together. Shape 1 large tablespoonful into a roll, or patty. Roll in bran and fry in lightly oiled pan, or bake in oven.

Vausage Rolls
Process as above, but do not fry. Wrap roll in a rectangle of thin Basic Pastry. Cook in hot oven until pastry cooked. Serve hot or cold. Size can be varied to suit.

Basic Pastry (Basic Pie Crust, p.51)
2 cups SR flour (white or wholemeal)
3 Tblsn PU [polyunsaturated]-vegetable oil
TONE skim milk

Method: Rub the oil into the flour. Add milk to give the desired consistency. The dough should come cleanly from the bowl and form a soft ball. Roll out on flour or bran to a thin layer. Bake in hot oven 20-25 minutes. An advantage of making the Basic Pie Crust is that it can be rolled out and used for either sweet or savoury pies as required.

Savoury crust: add pepper, herbs, curry, etc.

Source: Rumbles Cookbook: low fat, low cholesterol, low salt and high fibre recipes edited by Judy Read (Adelaide: Royal Adelaide Hospital Health Promotion Unit, n.d. [1980s]), pp.32 & 51.

Crunchy Meat Balls in Cheese Sauce

1/2 lb. sausage mince
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
3/4 cup rice bubbles
1 small egg

Method: Combine all ingredients into balls, roll in flour and lightly brown in frypan. Lift out into pie dish and prepare the following cheese sauce. Melt 1 dessertspoon butter, stir in 1 tablespoon flour then cook for 2 minutes without browning, stirring well. Add salt to taste, then 3/4 cup milk and stir till sauce boils and thickens. Finally, add 2 ozs. grated cheese and 1/2 teaspoon mustard and stir well. Pour sauce over meat balls and bake in oven about 15-20 minutes.

Source: contributed by Mrs. D. J. Manton, Naracoorte S.C.C. in Cooking for Two. Compiled by Women's Auxiliary of the S.A. Council on the Ageing for Adelaide's Second Senior Citizens' Week, April, 1969 (Adelaide [Allied Publishing Company), 1969), p.24.

Mock Shrimp Paste

8 oz tomatoes, skinned and mashed
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 oz butter
1 cup soft breadcrumbs
salt and pepper
1 egg
1/2 tspn nutmeg

Method: Place butter in saucepan, add onion and tomato and cook till tender. Beat with a fork, add well beaten egg, breadcrumbs and seasoning. (Cheese finely grated, improves this). Keep in the fridge. Excellent for sandwiches or on toast.

Source: contributed by Shirley Low in Kelly's Cook Book. A New Collection of Favourite Recipes published by 'The Golden Girls' Port Lincoln Uniting Church 1997 (Adelaide: Queens Court Press, 1997), p.14.

Minted Pineapple

Put some diced pineapple in a sealed container with chopped mint and a small quantity of Creme de Menthe liqueur. Refrigerate and shake several times to colour all the pineapple. Make the morning required.

Source: The Parson Knows: Easy Dinner Party Recipes (The Parish of St. Stephen, Glenunga; n.d.), p.79 ['Hors d-oeuvres']

Seafood Casserole

2 chopped onions
2 oz margarine
1 dspn sultanas
1 large tin tuna
1 pkt Dutch curry & rice soup
2 chopped apples
1/2 cup chopped celery
salt & pepper to taste
lemon juice
nearly 2 cups water

Method: Fry onions, celery and apples lightly in margarine. Add soup, water and sultanas, mix well. Simmer very slowly for 15 mins. Add tuna and heat thoroughly. Can be served from fry pan with rice, or add grated cheese or breadcrumbs on top to brown in oven.

Source: Kelly's Cook Book. A New Collection of Favourite Recipes published by 'The Golden Girls' Port Lincoln Uniting Church 1997 (Adelaide: Queens Court Press, 1997), p.21.

Glad's Pickled Onions Without Tears

Put 3 kg. pickling onions and 1 kg salt into a plastic bowl, cover with water. Turn regularly for 3 days. Peel (no tears!) and scald 3 times with boiling water, draining each time. Boil about 1&1/2 litres of spiced vinegar. Put onions into jars and pour boiling vinegar over. Place a spoon into jars to stop glass cracking.

Allow to cool before sealing. Ready for use in 7 days.

Source: contributed by Lois Sampson in Kelly's Cook Book. A New Collection of Favourite Recipes published by 'The Golden Girls' Port Lincoln Uniting Church 1997 (Adelaide: Queens Court Press, 1997), p.98.

Delicious Salad

1/2 head of celery chopped small
1/2 large onion chopped
1 medium carrot grated
1 apple chopped
small tin crushed pineapple
shallots chopped for added colour

Method: Mix together with mayonnaise and grated cheese.

Source: contributed by Alice in Kelly's Cook Book. A New Collection of Favourite Recipes published by 'The Golden Girls' Port Lincoln Uniting Church 1997 (Adelaide: Queens Court Press, 1997), p.41.

Carrot Salad

1kg sliced carrots
1 large onion, diced
1 green pepper, diced
1 can tomato soup
3/4 cup vinegar
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 tspn salt
1/2 tspn pepper
1 tspn dry mustard
garlic

Method: Boil carrots for 4 mins. Rinse in cold water. Combine all ingredients. Sauce thickens on standing. Bottle and refrigerate.

Source: Kelly's Cook Book. A New Collection of Favourite Recipes published by 'The Golden Girls' Port Lincoln Uniting Church 1997 (Adelaide: Queens Court Press, 1997), p.40.

Flaked Oat Biscuits

2 cups flaked oats
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
pinch salt
4 oz butter
1 tabspn golden syrup
1 level tspn carb soda
2 tabspns boiling water
blanched almonds

Sift flour, salt and soda. Add dry ingredients. Melt golden syrup and butter with boiling water and add. Mix well. Put teaspoonfuls on cold, greased oven trays. Put blanched almond on top of each biscuit. Bake in a moderate oven until golden.

Source: contributed by Irene Reid in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.49.

Rabbit Mould

2 dessertspoons (1/2 oz.) Gelatine
2 cups (1 pint) water
1 onion
1/4 lb. bacon
4 cloves (remove blossom end)
1 rabbit
1/4 cup hot water
Pepper and salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Method: Place prepared rabbit in saucepan with cold water, pepper, salt, cloves, sliced onion, nutmeg and bacon and other spices available. Cook until tender. Remove bones, cut meat into thin slices, arrange with bacon in mould or basin. Dissolve gelatine in hot water, add to stock and strain into mould. Garnish with shredded lettuce and salads available. Sliced hard-boiled egg may be included as an ingredient.

Source: contributed by Mrs. L Newman in Cooking for Two. Compiled by Women's Auxiliary of the S.A. Council on the Ageing for Adelaide's Second Senior Citizens' Week, April, 1969 (Adelaide [Allied Publishing Company), 1969), p.32

Watermelon Basket

Van Dyke the edges of the watermelon. Ball the watermelon, discarding any seeds and return fruit to the basket.

Source: The Parson Knows: Easy Dinner Party Recipes (The Parish of St. Stephen, Glenunga; n.d.), p.85.

Glace Savoury Hors d'Oeuvres

Remove the crusts of 1 medium sliced loaf of bread with an electric knife (if available) (25 slices per loaf). Spread margarine or butter on bread all over thinly (don't miss the edges). Place foil over large square serving tray.

Spreads:
    curried egg
    any Pecks canned paste you desire
    1 can Masterfood chicken paste
    1 Kraft blue vein cheese which has been creamed with a small packet of Philly cream cheese

Spread each piece of bread evenly with spreads right to the corners. Pack firmly together on tray alternately making a chess board effect. Top each piece of bread with decoration in four sections (bread will later be cut) using thinly sliced glazed cherry, gherkin, stuffed olive and tin[y] pieces of parsley leaves.

To make glace: Put 4 tsp gelatine on top of 100mls of warm water. Stir until dissolved. Spoon over bread until completely covered. Put in refrigerator for a few minutes. If not properly glace, brush on more gelatine with pastry brush over missed spots. Stick half toothpicks all over the bread platter to keep the plastic wrap off the top, then cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator. Cut into portions carefully and serve from this tray.

This may be made 2 days before using and it keeps quite fresh.

1 loaf makes 48 small portions.
2 trays 4 pieces of bread by 3 pieces.

Source: The Parson Knows: Easy Dinner Party Recipes (The Parish of St. Stephen, Glenunga; n.d.), p.77.

Ham Rolls

1 8-oz. can Heinz spaghetti in Tomato Sauce
1 tablespoon chopped gherkin
4 slices ham
1 tablespoon chutney
1 tablespoon chopped onion

Method: Mix the chutney, spaghetti, gherkin and onion in a bowl. Divide the mixture equally on to the ham slices, then roll up lightly and secure with a toothpick. Place in an ovenproof dish and bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes or until heated through. If desired top with cheese sauce by melting two cheddar slices in a little heated milk, stirring until melted.

Source: Cooking for Two. Compiled by Women's Auxiliary of the S.A. Council on the Ageing for Adelaide's Second Senior Citizens' Week, April, 1969 (Adelaide [Allied Publishing Company), 1969), p.22 ['Quick Meals from Packets or Tins (Not so economical -- but hasty and tasty!)']

Hawaiian Coolee

1 lge can unsweetened pineapple juice
1 whole cardamon pod
1/8 tsp ground mace
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon

Method: Bring ingredients to boil. Remove cardamon pod before serving. Serve hot or cold.

Source: The Parson Knows: Easy Dinner Party Recipes (The Parish of St. Stephen, Glenunga; n.d.), p.73.

Onion Dip

1 lge can reduced cream
1 pkt French onion soup
squeeze lemon juice

Method: Beat together until smooth and creamy. Refrigerate.

Source: The Parson Knows: Easy Dinner Party Recipes (The Parish of St. Stephen, Glenunga; n.d.), p.75.

Home-Made Camp Pie

One lb. steak, 1 cup bread crumbs, 1/2 nutmeg, 1/2 cup water, pepper and salt. Mince steak well; mix all together, put in a mould and steam for 2 hours. To be eaten cold.

Source: contributed by Minna Karutz in The Barossa Cookery Book: 1000 Selected Recipes from a District Celebrated Throughout Australia for the Excellence of its Cookery. Every Recipe of Proved Merit and Signed as such by the Donors (33rd edition, 2006), p.19.

Sponge Lumps for Soup

One egg and 1 tablespoon water; beat well together, add enough S.R. flour and a little grated nutmeg to make the mixture as stiff as dumpling dough. With a teaspoon drop little lumps into soup and boil 10 minutes.

Source: contributed by Mrs. J. Obst in The Barossa Cookery Book: 1000 Selected Recipes from a District Celebrated Throughout Australia for the Excellence of its Cookery. Every Recipe of Proved Merit and Signed as such by the Donors (33rd edition, 2006), p.8.

Birds' Nests

Six hard-boiled eggs, 1 cup of cold minced meat, a few herbs, salt and pepper to taste, a little gravy mixed with meat, 1 egg (beaten).

Method: Roll the boiled eggs in the minced meat, then in egg, then in bread crumbs. Fry in dripping, cut in halves, decorate them nicely on a warm plate, serve at once.

Source: contributed by Mrs. T. Hanisch in The Barossa Cookery Book: 1000 Selected Recipes from a District Celebrated Throughout Australia for the Excellence of its Cookery. Every Recipe of Proved Merit and Signed as such by the Donors (33rd edition, 2006), p.15.

Health Scones

One and a half cups flour, 1&1/2 cups clean bran, 3 teaspoons cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon carb. soda, pinch of salt. Sift all dry ingredients, except bran, twice, and mix well together. Add 1 egg (well beaten) and 1&1/2 cups fresh milk. Make into a very light dough and touch as little as possible. Roll out, cut into shapes and bake in a rather quick oven.

Source: contributed by Miss Rita Altmann, Tanunda in The Barossa Cookery Book: 1000 Selected Recipes from a District Celebrated Throughout Australia for the Excellence of its Cookery. Every Recipe of Proved Merit and Signed as such by the Donors (33rd edition, 2006), p.114.