Barbecue Steaks with Beer

This marinade is for 4 steaks so will need to be doubled for more.

370 mls beer

1 tbspn. hot sauce

1 tbspn. soy sauce

2 tspns. prepared mustard

2 tbspns. tomato sauce

1 tbspn. cornflour

Method: Combine beer, hot sauce, soy, tomato sauces and mustard. Pour over steaks and marinade at least 2 hours. Cook steaks on barbecue until tender. You can keep brushing with marinade if liked. The remaining marinade can be added to cornflour. Stir over heat until sauce boils and thickens. Spoon over steaks.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.43.

Cold Tea Pudding

1 cup butter

1 cup flour

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 cup sugar

1 tspn. nutmeg

lemon peel

2 cups fruit

lemon essence

Method: Rub all together and mix with 1 cup cold tea with 1 teaspoon carb. soda stirred well into it. Boil in cloth for 3 hours. (Coffee may be substituted for tea).

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.112.

A Special Chicken Dish

Pull apart a cooked, hot chicken and place in bottom of casserole. Cover with slices of hard boiled eggs and asparagus. Save the stock from the chicken to cover the mixture. Dice 1 carrot, 1 onion, celery and 1 parsnip. Add to the stock and simmer until vegetables begin to soften. Thicken with 1/2 cup sherry, 1 cup cream, a large dob of butter and chopped parsley. Pour over prepared chicken. Liberally sprinkle top with breadcrumbs and blanched almonds. Heat in oven and serve with fried rice.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.91.

Crab a la Newberg

1 - 16ozs can asparagus soup

1 - 8ozs can mushrooms

1 tin crab meat

1 pint milk

1/2 pint cream

3 tlbspns sherry.

Method: Mix together, - heat but do not boil. Serves 6-8 people.

For extra add can of onion soup.

Source: contributed by Mrs. A. Grieve (Jun) 'Patanga' in A Pinch of Salt [n.p.: Hansen Press; n.d. [pre-metric?]; Introduction: "women of the Lucindale District who answered the call for their tried favourite recipes… to raise funds for a very worthy cause. The Spastic Children."], p.2.