Squid Rolls

Blend together 4 squid tubes, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 tbs butter and/or parsley or chives for taste and colour.

Cut off the crusts of thinly sliced loaf of white bread. Roll out each slice with rolling pin to flatten the slice of bread.

Spread each slice with the blended squid mixture, roll the slice up and secure with toothpick.

Deep fry squid rolls and serve.

Source: Recommended by D. Paterson in The Wentworth Private Residential Care Cookbook (Aberfoyle Park [Adelaide], ?2008), p.11

Brain Patties

2 sets sheep brains, hard-boiled egg, onion juice, milk, cayenne, breadcrumbs, little butter, pastry.

Method: Line patty pans with good pastry and bake light brown. Soak brains in salted water for 1 hour, wash well, skin and blanch. Cook in salted water and milk. Rub them through a sieve. Mix with liquid in which they were booked. Add an egg chopped finely, a few drops of onion juice and a pinch of cayenne. Mix into a thick paste. Fill the patty cases with the mixture. Sprinkle with fine breadcrumbs and dots of butter. Bake until golden brown.

Source: contributed by Mrs P. S. Richardson (Plympton) in The South Australian Country Women's Association Inc. Calendar of Meat and Fish Recipes in Metric. One for Every Day in the Year. Also Special Mornay Supplement (Adelaide: 1975), p.5 [Jan. 18].

Ham and Tongue Mould

Four sheeps' tongues, 2 or 3 slices bacon or ham, 2 teaspoons gelatine, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, hard-boiled eggs, pinch pepper.

Method: Boil tongues until tender; remove skin and bones and put through mincer with the boiled bacon or ham.

Dissolve gelatine in one cup of liquid in which tongues were boiled. Add to the mince with parsley and pepper. Line a mould with slices of hard-boiled egg and fill with the tongue mixture and allow to set firmly.

Source: contributed by Mrs D. Ward (Crystal Brook) in The South Australian Country Women's Association Inc. Calendar of Meat and Fish Recipes in Metric. One for Every Day in the Year. Also Special Mornay Supplement (Adelaide: 1975), p.2 [Jan. 3].

Meatloaf in BBQ sauce

500g sausage meat

500g mince meat

1 cup bread crumbs

1 onion

2 tbs curry powder

salt and pepper to taste

1 tbs parsley

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water

Garlic

Method: Combine everything together, mould in casserole dish, into an oval shape. Cook in moderate oven for 45 mins, then make the BBQ Sauce, see below. Discard the liquid and pour over the BBQ sauce, cook for 30 mins basting often.

BBQ Sauce

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup tomato sauce

1/4 cup worcestershire sauce

2 tbs vinegar

1 tbs coffee

30g butter or margarine

2 tbs lemon juice

1/4 cup brown sugar

Mix all ingredients in saucepan till dissolved.

Source: Recommended by J. Drew in The Wentworth Private Residential Care Cookbook (Aberfoyle Park [Adelaide], ?2008), p.28

Schnapper de Glare

500 g Schnapper, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 tablespoons plain flour, salt and pepper to taste, 1.1/4 cups milk, 125 g grated cheese, 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, 250 g peeled tomatoes, 250 g mushrooms or small tin mushrooms (if desired), mashed potato.

Method: Cook some potato and mash. Boil or steam schnapper for five or six minutes, remove any bones or skin and put on to meat platter. Flake it up if liked. Make the cheese sauce by melting the butter, adding flour and cook a minute or two, then adding milk slowly, stirring all the time so as not to be lumpy. Stir while cooking, add cheese, salt and pepper. Cut up the tomato in slices and place around on top of fish. Mushrooms too, if liked. Spoon mashed potato all round and then pour the sauce on to fish. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and a little grated cheese. Brown in oven about 25 minutes and serve at once from platter. This dish is best served in a large meat platter and quantities can be varied to suit the dish used, or whether it is served as entree or main dish.

Source: contributed by Mrs F. V. Elliott (Walkerville) in The South Australian Country Women's Association Inc. Calendar of Meat and Fish Recipes in Metric. One for Every Day in the Year. Also Special Mornay Supplement (Adelaide: 1975), p.4 [Jan. 13].

Creamy Chicken & Mushrooms

1 lge cooked Chicken

250gm Mushrooms sliced

1/4 cup Port

1 x 435 Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 tblspn Worcestershire Sauce

15 gms Butter

2 Onions chopped

1/2 cup Milk

Pinch Cayenne Pepper

1 x 300ml ctn Sour Cream

Method: Cut chicken meat into 2.5cm pieces. Heat butter in pan, add mushrooms & onions, cook until mushrooms are just soft, about 5 mins. Add port, undiluted soup, milk, worcestershire sauce & cayenne pepper. Bring to the boil, add chicken & sour cream, reduce to low, simmer until chicken is heated through. Serve with rice & side salad. Unsuitable to Freeze or Microwave. Serves 4.

Source: contributed by S. Barrett Cookbook: St Joseph's School, Clare (Clare: St Joseph's School, 1991), p.33.

Country Quiche

3 eggs

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup cream

1 cup chopped onion

1/2 cup grated cheese

1/2 cup chopped bacon

1 tspn chopped parsley

3/4 cup pastry mix

Method: Combine all ingredients in a pyrex dish and bake at 180-200C for 30mins. The pastry mix drops to the bottom and forms its own crust.

Variations:

Omit cream and use 1.1/2 cups milk.

Omit bacon and use ham or tuna, 1/2 tspn dry mustard and 1/2 tspn mixed herbs.

1 tomato and 1/2 cup shredded spinach or cabbage can be used.

Source: Lutheran Jubilee 150 Cook Book 1838-1988 Vol 2 by St. Paul's Congregation, Yorketown (1988), p.15.