Italian Soup

2 quarts stock

1/4 lb. macaroni

1 small beetroot

1 pint milk

1 tablespoon parsley

Method: Break the macaroni small and boil in the milk until tender. Add parsley and beetroot (previously cooked) cut small, and seasoning. Bring to boil again, and serve.

Source: A Cooks' Tour of Recipes. Published for the Adelaide University S.R.C. [Students' Representative Council]. (Adelaide: Commercial Publications of South Australia, 1955), p.16.

Apple Tuna Salad

1 large tin tuna

4 red apples

2 tbspns. lemon juice

1 tbspn. capers

1/2 cup mayonnaise

salt and pepper

Method: Drain tuna and break into bite size pieces. Core the apples (but do not peel) and dice them. Sprinkle the lemon juice on the apples to keep them from discolouring. Combine tuna with the apples, celery, capers, and mayonnaise. Mix Well. Season to taste. Serves 4-6.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.54.

(Note: celery omitted from list of ingredients.)

Curacao Pears

6-8 under ripe pears (should be hard and green)

1 cup orange juice

1 cup dry apera (sherry)

1 cup sugar

Peel of one orange, finely sliced

1/4 cup brandy

1/4 cup blue Curacao

Method: Peel the pears but leave stems on. Place juice, sherry, sugar and orange peel in a large pot and heat until sugar dissolves. Add pears then brandy and Curacao. Cover and simmer (not boil) for 30 minutes. Keep pears upright for an ombre look, but you can turn for an all green look. Remove from pot when pears tender, not soft. Put in serving bowl to cool. Keep chilled and serve with cream. Will keep in fridge up to 3 days.

Source: contributed by Amanda Thomas in A Dash of QAC: A Sprinkle of Sweet and Savoury from our Members (Adelaide: Queen Adelaide Club, 2020), p.41.

Scramble Pudding

1/2 lb. Flour

1/2 lb. Bread crumbs

1/2 lb. Suet

1/2 lb. Raspberry Jam

Mix all well together with a little milk; boil 2 hours.

Source: A Small Collection of Plain Cookery Recipes, for Household Use. Compiled by Annie Bishop, Demonstrator for S.A. Gas Coy. (Adelaide: J. H. Sherring & Co., Leigh Street, 1911), p.27