Bean Tuna Bake

2 cups white sauce made with skim milk / 1 teas. french mustard / 125g tasty cheddar cheese grated / 1x 740gm can three bean mix drained / 1x 440gm can tuna in brine (drained & flaked) / 1 teas. fresh lemon juice / 1 cup soft breadcrumbs (wholemeal).

Method: Blend french mustard and cheese with prepared white sauce. Stir till smooth and remove from heat. Place half of the three bean mix in greased casserole dish, and spread tuna over top. Sprinkle with lemon juice and pour over half sauce. Add remaining beans and spread remaining sauce over. Sprinkle breadcrumbs evenly over top. Bake in pre-heated oven 180C for 30 minutes, until heated through and golden brown. Serve with side dishes of vegies. Serves 6.

Source: Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.20.

Soup

1 Pkt. Chicken Noodle Soup

1 large potato grated (or cooked)

1 large carrot grated (or cooked)

2 cups water

1 cup milk

Method: Place all but milk in saucepan, boil for 10 minutes, add milk as very last, do not reboil.

Source: contributed by D. Street (Torrensville Lodge, No.58) in The Grand Lodge of Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of South Australia presents Favourite Recipes submitted by wives of South Australian Freemasons (Adelaide, 1979)

Pufftaloons

2 cups Self Raising Flour

1/2 tspn salt

1 Egg

Water to mix

Method: Add beaten egg to flour and salt. Add water and mix to form thick dough. Fry spoonfuls in oil turning them over when bubbles form. Serve with butter or jam or eggs and bacon. These are very handy if you are out of bread for breakfast.

Source: Oodnadatta Cookbook (Oodnadatta: 1986), p.88.

Melva Taylor's Tasty Morsels

SCONES - you can do all sorts of things with a basic recipe - 1 egg / 1 dess. sugar / 1 small cup milk / salt / 1 tabs. melted butter / 2 cups SR Flour.

SAVOURY - add 1 tabs. french onion soup in milk, add butter, stir, add to flour, mix with a knife. Knead on a floured board, cut out, place close to one another on a greased tray, glaze with milk.

TIME - 10 minutes hot oven (top shelf)

Can be cooked in small electric toaster oven.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS: grated cheese and cayenne pepper, chicken cube crumbled into the flour / curry powder / gherkin and herbs.

Leave out the sugar for savoury scones.

This mixture can serve as a pizza base when in a hurry.

SWEET - grated apple and honey can replace sugar. Grated orange and lemon rind, glaze with orange juice.

ROLL - flatten dough out - spread grated cheese and shallots - roll up - cut into slices and cook.

SALMON ROLL - drain can tuna/salmon, chop an onion and mix all with a little lemon juice, spread on dough, fold over like a pasty, slit across top 3 times, and cook with 1/4 can cream of chicken soup poured over as a sauce.

COOKED in a well kneaded lump (like damper) with grated cheese and bacon pieces on top or sprinkle of french onion soup etc. replaces bread with a meal. Very tasty.

Place tea towel in a colander and cover scones when cooked until needed. Stale scones can be revived by dipping in milk, popping in oven for a few minutes to warm through and freshen up.

Source: Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.14.

Brandy Alexander Tart

2 pastry flans. (short crust)

Method: In a saucepan COMBINE 1x250 packet marshmallo[w]s, 1/2 cup milk over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add 2 tabs. brandy, and if liked you can also add 1 teas. instant coffee dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water, let cool.

Then add 1&1/4 cups whipped cream folding in until no trace of the cream can be se[e]n. Pour into pastry shells and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. Decorate with grated chocolate.

Source: contributed by D. Bannister in Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book/a> [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.9.

Easy Bortsch Soup (Cold)

Blend or puree the contents of:-

1 -- 30 oz. can beetroot

1 -- 15 oz. can tomatoes

1 small clove garlic (optional)

Add 1 can consomme

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon sugar

3 dessertspoons lemon juice

Pepper

Chill and before serving add 1 carton sour cream stirred in carefully to create swirls of white against the red.

If desired, garnish with finely chopped fresh herbs - parsley, chives, etc.

Source: contributed by G. Isaachsen (Hawthorn Lewis No. 188) in The Grand Lodge of Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of South Australia presents Favourite Recipes submitted by wives of South Australian Freemasons (Adelaide, 1979).