Baked Pineapple Roly-Poly

1 20 oz. can pineapple pieces
2 cups S.R. Flour
2 tbspns. butter
2 tbspns. water
Salt
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

Method: Drain pineapple. Sift flour and salt in bowl. Rub in butter. Beat egg in a cup and add milk. Add to flour and make a scone dough. Roll into a rectangle shape. Spread pineapple over with a little sugar. Roll up like a jam roll. Lift into a greased dish. Pour the pineapple juice over it. Bake about 30 minutes. Serve with custard.

Source: contributed by E. Willoughby in Recipe Book Containing the Favourite Recipes of Members of the Payneham Methodist Women's Fellowship, 1961 (Payneham [Adelaide]: 1961), p.4.

Barbecued Pork Bites

2 tablespoons Soy sauce
2 tablespoons salad oil
2 cloves garlic (sliced)
Tooth picks
1/4 teaspoon sugar
Piece of cinnamon bark
6 cloves
500g (1lb.) leg pork
Pinch of cayenne pepper

Method: Combine Soy sauce, salad oil, garlic, cayenne, sugar, cinnamon bark and cloves in a bowl. Cut pork into bite sized strips or cubes, place in marinade, coating each piece thoroughly. Refrigerate meat for 1-2 hours, stirring occasionally. Heat a little salad oil in a pan, briskly cook meat cubes for 6-7 minutes or until tender. Serve meat sections in a chafing dish or covered casserole. Supply tooth picks for guests. If liked, pineapple could be heated in the pan and served with the meat.

Source: contributed by K. Hughes in Gulnare Gourmets (Adelaide: Gulnare Primary School Welfare Club, 1984 [2nd edition]), p.10.

After Dinner Mints

125g "philly" cream cheese
60g butter
1t peppermint essence
500g icing sugar
Cooking chocolate
Toasted blanched almonds

Method: Cream together the cheese and butter until soft and creamy. Mix in the peppermint essence and the sifted icing sugar to form a soft (but not sticky) paste. A little extra icing sugar can be added to the mixture if it is needed. Roll small teaspoonsful of the mixture into balls. Place in the refrigerator to set for 1-2 hours. Lastly dip each mint into melted cooking chocolate, and top with a blanched, toasted almond.

Source: 1979 Christmas Cookery with Gas from the Home Service Department South Australian Gas Company ([Adelaide]: South Australian Gas Company, 1979).

Beef and Mushroom Rolls

250g mushrooms, sliced
2 tbsp margarine
6 thin slices round steak
1&1/4 cups water
1 onion, chopped
2 tbsp sherry (dry)
1 packet Hearty beef soup
2 tomatoes, chopped

Method: Lightly fry onions and mushrooms in margarine. Add sherry, simmer 5 mins; trim and pound steak till thin. Spread mushroom mix on each slice. Roll up and pin with toothpicks. Place in casserole. Combine soup, water and tomatoes. Pour over rolls. Cover and bake 180 degrees Celsius for 1&1/2 hours. Serves 6 with salad.

Source: contributed by M. L. McGee in Library Cookbook: West Torrens Public Library - Recipes Supplied by Friends, Borrowers and Staff (West Torrens: 1985 [1st edn]).

Duchess Salad

1&1/2 cups water
1 pint lemon jelly
3 tbspns. lemon juice
3 tbspns. pineapple juice
2 cups shredded cabbage
1 cup pineapple pieces
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 tbspns. chopped red pepper

Method: Boil the water and pour it over the jelly, stir to dissolve. Add lemon and pineapple juice. Chill until the jelly is about to set then combine it with the cabbage, pineapple, celery and red pepper. Pour the salad into a wet mould. Chill until set, then unmould it on to a bed of lettuce. Serves 10.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia; n.d., after 1987), p.57.

Stuffed Prunes

Prunes
Preserved ginger
Non-fat cottage cheese

Method: Remove stones from prunes and spoon cottage cheese into the cavity. Top each piece with a piece of ginger.

Source: contributed by Mrs. P. Thomas in Gulnare Gourmets (Adelaide: Gulnare Primary School Welfare Club, 1984 [2nd edition]), p.7.

Steak and Mushroom Mornay

750g minced topside
1 onion chopped
2 cloves garlic chopped
1 red or green pepper chopped
salt and black pepper
1 cup water
1 pkt. Maggi mushroom soup and half the quantity of water suggested
1 large tin of mushrooms in sauce

Method: Fry meat in 3 tablespoons oil, until meat browns. Add onion, garlic and pepper and cook until flavour is through the meat. Mix all remaining ingredients. Bring to boil stirring constantly. Simmer for 1 hour.

Source: contributed by J. Fisher in The Princess Royal Cookbook compiled by a sub-committee of The Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Australia (Kent Town: Peacock Publications, 1984 reprint of 1981 first edition; ISBN 0909209502), p.12.

Crispy Topped Casserole

500g mincemeat
1 chopped onion
80g butter
1 pkt. Dutch curry and rice soup
1/2 cup breadcrumbs

Method: Fry in 50g melted butter, mince and onion till brown. Add soup mix. Blend in 2 cups water. Bring to the boil. Turn into oven-proof dish. Top with breadcrumbs tossed in melted butter. Bake in moderate oven for 45 minutes.

Source: contributed by H. Blair in The Princess Royal Cookbook compiled by a sub-committee of The Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Australia (Kent Town: Peacock Publications, 1984 reprint of 1981 first edition; ISBN 0909209502), p.15.