Friday, October 28, 2022

Mock Turtle Soup

5 lb. veal bone.
1 carrot.
1 onion.
1 leek.
1 clove garlic.
1/2 cup flour.
1/2 cup white table wine.
2 hard-boiled eggs.
10 oz. puree of tomato.
2 quarts stock or water.
1 cup sherry.
Thyme.
Pepper and salt.
Lemon.
Bay leaf.
Parsley.

Method: Braise the veal bone slowly. Dice and add carrot, onion, leek, then garlic, thyme, bay leaf, parsley and flour. Let simmer a few minutes and add white wine, puree of tomato and the stock or water. Cook for 2 hours, then strain, add cayenne pepper, salt and sherry. Garnish with 2 hard-boiled eggs and slice of lemon. Serve piping hot.

Source: contributed by Mrs. A. I. Sach in The Walford Recipe Book. Compiled by the Parent-Teacher Association of the Walford Church of England Girls' School. (Adelaide: Messenger Press; October 1966), p.9.

Monday, October 24, 2022

A Dinner Cooked with Claret

Soup: To give your pea soup a lift, add 1 soup spoon of claret per person when serving.

Beef Steak Special: This is particularly good with gravy beef. Cut beef in 3/4 inch slices and lay in oven-proof dish; slice onion or leeks over the top and pour over enough claret to just cover. Put in refrigerator for 24 hours. Drain beef and coat well with seasoned flour and return to claret in dish with onions. Add any other vegetables in season, e.g. peppers, tomatoes, and celery. Cook slowly in oven for approx. 4 hours. Cheap and wholesome.

Spiced Pears: Heat a pint of claret in a saucepan and then put in 3 or 4 peeled (but not cored) pears, together with 1/2 cup sugar, a little nutmeg, and stick cinnamon, and 1 clove. Cook slowly and serve with fruit together with the liquor, hot or cold, with cream.

Source: contributed by Mrs. Alan Archer in The Walford Recipe Book. Compiled by the Parent-Teacher Association of the Walford Church of England Girls' School. (Adelaide: Messenger Press; October 1966), p.25.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Long-Keeping Mayonnaise

1 cup milk.
1 small cup sugar.
3/4 cup vinegar.
3 eggs.
1 teaspoon mustard.
1 teaspoon salt.

Method: Beat all well together, then put 2 tablespoons of butter into saucepan and when just melted, add the other ingredients. Stir until it is thick like honey, but do not let it boil. Put in a glass jar when cool, and it will keep over six months, especially in a refrigerator. Makes over a pint, which can be thinned before use, if required.

Source: contributed by C. Magarey in The Walford Recipe Book. Compiled by the Parent-Teacher Association of the Walford Church of England Girls' School. (Adelaide: Messenger Press; October 1966), p.61.

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Rice Souffle

2&1/2 oz. rice.
1 pint milk.
5 ozs. sugar.
2 eggs.
Strawberry jam.
1/3 pint apple puree.
Brandy.

Method: Cook the washed rice and the milk in a double saucepan until creamy, then cool slightly. Mix 1 oz. sugar and the egg yolks and add to the rice. Put a third of the rice in a greased fireproof dish and spread with jam. Continue with alternate layers of rice and jam, then spread puree over. Top with a meringue mixture made with the egg whites and the rest of the sugar. Bake in a moderate oven (350 deg. F.) for 20 minus. Pour brandy over, set alight, and serve immediately.

Source: contributed by Dorothy Canty in The Walford Recipe Book. Compiled by the Parent-Teacher Association of the Walford Church of England Girls' School. (Adelaide: Messenger Press; October 1966), p.35.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Fish in Casserole

Cheap fresh fish, or even fish that has been previously cooked may be used in this recipe.

Method: Line oven-proof dish with 1 cup breadcrumbs. Place fish on crumbs and pour over sauce made from 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper, 1 teaspoon prepared mustard, and 1/2 cup melted butter. Bake 20 minutes in hot oven.

Source: contributed by N. J. Magarey in The Walford Recipe Book. Compiled by the Parent-Teacher Association of the Walford Church of England Girls' School. (Adelaide: Messenger Press; October 1966), p.11.

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Old Fashioned Meat Pickle

(Beef recommended)
1&1/4 lb. salt, 6 ozs. brown sugar, 1/2 oz. salt petre, 1 gallon water.

Method: Put all the ingredients for the pickle into a large pan, bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes, skim well. Strain into a large basin or pickling jar and leave until quite cold (cold brine should allow a fresh egg or small potato to float on its surface). Wipe meat thoroughly with a damp cloth. Put meat into the cold pickle, cover and keep in a cool place 8-10 days. Turn the meat every day.

Source: contributed by Mrs. J. Bagshaw in Urania Methodist Guild Cookery Book. Book II. (Kadina: Kadina & Wallaroo Times, 1965), p.11.
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