Frankfurt Mornay

Equipment Needed

Casserole dish

Wooden spoon

Saucepan

Grater

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:

Sweet Corn

Tomatoes

Peas

Frankfurts

Grated Cheese

Method: Place in a dish 1 layer sweet corn, 1 layer tomatoes, 1 layer peas and 1 layer sliced frankfurts. Cover with a thick white sauce. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in a moderate oven (180ºC) 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Source: Quick and Easy Savouries (Kent Town: The South Australian Country Women's Association Incorporated, n.d. [2000s]), n.p.

Seafood Cocktail

4 tablespoons tomato sauce

2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce

1 dessertspoon sugar

Juice of one lemon

Juice of one tomato

One small tin oysters and juice

One small tin crayfish

Pepper and salt to taste.

Source: Trinity Gardens Primary School Recipe Book (Adelaide, n.d.), p.12.

Zucchini Soup

1 tbspn margarine

1 small onion (chopped finely)

1 medium potato, peeled and diced

6 zucchini sliced

1 tspn salt

pepper

1 tspn mixed herbs

2 cups chicken stock

Method: Melt margarine over low heat, add vegetables, herbs and seasonings. Cover and cook gently for 10mins stirring occasionally (do not let vegs brown). Add 1 cup of the stock, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, cool slightly, puree in blender. Add rest of stock and adjust seasonings. Gently reheat, add a little cream if desired and serve.

N. B. Soup can be frozen after pureeing. Makes a bland but tasty soup, ideal for warmer weather.

Variation: 1 bacon rasher, sprigs of parsley or mint and 1 tspn sherry may be added.

Source: contributed by E. Keppler in Lutheran Jubilee 150 Cook Book 1838-1988 Vol 2 by St. Paul's Congregation, Yorketown (1988), p.5.

Chinese Chicken

1 pkt. Rosella Hotpot sweet and sour casserole base

450ml (1&1/2 cups) hot water

2 cups cooked chicken pieces

1 sliced onion

Method: Mix casserole base with hot water in a baking dish. Add chicken pieces and onion. Cover and bake at 180C (350F) for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. If no oven available, place in a large saucepan and simmer slowly on top of the stove. Serves 5.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.44.

Impossible Pie

1 cup sugar

1 cup coconut

1/2 cup plain flour

1 tspn. vanilla

4 eggs

2 cups milk

4 oz. (125g) melted butter

Method: Mix all together, put in a greased pyrex dish. Cook 30-45 mins. in a moderate oven. This ends up with a pastry type bottom, egg custard in centre, and a coconut top.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.115.

Ham and Corn Slice

1/2 cup SR flour, sifted

1/2 cup instant milk powder

4 eggs

30g melted butter

1/2 cup water

1 cup grated cheese

6 chopped shallots

125 chopped ham

310g can drained corn kernels

1/2 tspn. mixed herbs

salt to taste

tabasco sauce (drop)

1/4 cup chopped parsley

Method: Sift flour and milk together into a bowl. Combine eggs, butter and water. Pour into flour mixture and beat until smooth. Fold in remaining ingredients. Spoon into a shallow greased ovenproof dish and bake in a 180C oven about 25 mins. Serve sliced with salad. Serves 6.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.19.

Vanity Fair

2 tablespoons butter, 1 cup sugar, 3 eggs, 2 cups S.R. flour, 1 cup milk, pinch salt.

Beat butter and sugar together, add the eggs and milk and lastly the flour and sprinkle with the following; streusel, 1 tablespoon butter and 2 tablespoons plain flour; rub together until lumpy, then add 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake 1/2 hr slow oven.

Source: The Golden Wattle Cookery Book. Compiled by Ladies of the Kindergarten Committee. In aid of Kindergarten Funds. (Lobethal: 1948), p.52-3.