Peppermint Crush Log

1 ten cent pkt white crown peppermints crushed in plastic bag with hammer. Crush 1 pkt malt biscuits, and put both into bowl and mix with about 3/4 tin of sweetened condensed milk. Shape into roll and cover in coconut. Keep in fridge and leave for at least 24 hours before cutting for use.

Source: contributed by Stella Schumacher in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.52.

Black Eyed Susans

1&3/4 cups SR Flour, 4 oz butter, 4 oz sugar, 1 large tbspn golden syrup, 1 dspn peanut butter, vanilla essence, 1 egg, choc bits, and extra sugar.

Method: Cream butter or substitute with sugar, syrup, peanut butter and vanilla. Add egg and mix well. Stir in sifted flour and mix thoroughly. Place small tspnful on sugar and roll into balls. Place on greased oven tray and bake in moderate oven 10 minutes. Remove from oven and place a choc bit on top of each. Return to oven and bake 2 to 5 minutes longer.

Source: contributed by Wilma Jericho in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.44.

Cowboy Supper

425g can baked beans

200g can corned beef (chilled)

black pepper to taste

1/2 beef stock cube, crumbled

50g cheddar cheese (cubed)

1 French loaf

Method: Empty baked beans into 3 pint casserole dish and cover. Cook on HIGH for 5 minutes. Gently stir in corned beef and season with pepper. Add stock cube. Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 minutes. Add cheese just before serving.

To warm bread: cut the bread into pieces and arrange in bread basket between absorbent paper. Microwave on MEDIUM for 3 minutes. Serve immediately.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.184.

Melon & Pineapple Jam

Melon & Pineapple Jam

10 lb pie melon, 8 lb sugar, juice and grated rind of 2 small lemons, 1 large tin crushed pineapple.

Method: Cut melon in dices or mince, add 1/2 sugar, let stand overnight. In morning boil with pineapple for 3/4 hour, then add rest of sugar and boil for 2 hours or until jam sets.

Source: contributed by Maureen Wiech in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.54.

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Melon & Pineapple Jam

9 lbs melon, 6 lb sugar, 1 tin pineapple.

Method: Mince melon and add 3 lb sugar, leave stand overnight. Next morning boil till clear, then add other 3 lb sugar and pineapple. Cook until jells. (Approx. 3&1/2 hours in all).

Source: contributed by Avis Scherer in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.54.

Malt Fruities

18 finely crushed malt biscuits, 15 marshmellows, 4 oz glace cherries, 2 oz raisins, 2 oz chopped nuts, 1 oz preserved ginger, 1/4 tspn vanilla, 1/2 can condensed milk.

Method: Cut marshmellows and cherries in halves, chop nuts and ginger. Mix well together with remaining ingredients. Shape into long roll, roll in coconut. Wrap in waxed paper or foil and chill. Keep in refrigerator and use as required. Cut into slices about 1/4 inch thick.

Source: contributed by Elaine Jericho in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.47.

Seafood Dip

1 pkt french onion soup

1&3/4 cups sour cream

3 drops Tabasco sauce

2 tspn tomato paste or sauce

1/2 - 1 cup any cooked seafood e.g. Prawns, Crabmeat

Method: Blend soup with sour cream and add other ingredients. Serve with potato chips or dry biscuits.

Source: Contributed by Rosalind (Rhody) Short (Coobowie, SA) in W.I.N. and Cook with S.A. Seafood: Women's Industry Network 'Working for the SA Seafood Industry' Seafood Recipe Book (Adelaide: c.1994-1997), p.15.

Pork and Cabbage

Shred 1/2 cabbage very finely. Sprinkle with one dessertspoon salt and mix well. Place aside for 1&1/2 to 2 hours. Squeeze all water off the cabbage. Fry one medium, finely chopped onion in one dessertspoon butter. Add the cabbage to the onions, and saute for ten minutes. Fry separately one inch thick pork cutlets, dusting them with salt and pepper. Put a layer of cabbage in a casserole dish. Place the cutlets on the cabbage and sprinkle them with fresh cream and one teaspoon lemon juice. Cover the meat with the rest of the cabbage and cook for 3/4 hour in moderate oven.

Source: Better Health High Fibre Cookbook compiled by the Strathalbyn Kindergarten Committee (Hahndorf, S.A.: Fox Publishing, 1978), p.31.