Rabbit Surprise

1 medium rabbit

1 onion

2 or 3 med. carrots

Celery

1 red pepper

Tomotoes [sic] according to taste

3 or 4 rashers bacon according to taste

1 level dessertspoon rice

1/2 teaspoon Maggi seasoning or dash Worcestershire sauce

1 chicken cube

Method: Soak rabbit in salt water about 1 hour, dry thoroughly and joint. Roll in seasoned flour, then fry in butter until golden brown. Place in a casserole. Saute onion in pan (add more butter if needed) until golden, then add tomatoes and fry until soft, pour over rabbit. Make a gravy with the leavings in the frying pan, be sure to make enough to cook rabbit in, then pour over the rabbit in casserole. Add finely sliced cellery [sic] and diced red pepper, 1 dessertspoon rice, and finely sliced carrots. Cut each rasher into four pieces and add chicken cube and seasoning or sauce, and cook in moderate over [sic] until tender. I cook mine in a pressure cooker and it only takes 1/2 hour.

Source: contributed by Mrs. Trix Price (deceased), A.C.H Port Lincoln Auxiliary in The Adelaide Children's Hospital Recipe Book 1982 (Adelaide: 1982), p.18.