Friday, November 28, 2025

No Cook Fruit Cake

8 oz (250g) coffee or arrowroot biscuits
1 T sherry
2 T cocoa
1 egg
1 T full cream dry powdered milk
4 T butter or margarine
1 cup icing sugar
1 cup mixed fruit
pinch salt

Method: Crush biscuits finely, add fruit, sherry, salt, powdered milk & cocoa. Beat egg & sugar together & add to dry ingredients. Melt butter & blend well through the mixture. Press into buttered tin. Allow to set & ice with white icing & sprinkle with coconut.

Source: contributed by Lisa Weckert, aged 8, to The Northern Automotive Restoration Club S. A. Inc. 10th Anniversary Cookbook . Compiled & typed by Lynne Newbold (Clare: Northern Argus, 1984) [Number 0408] - "dedicated to N.A.R.C. from it's [sic] feminine members."

Note: "T" = Tablespoon

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Eureka Lamb

6 lamb chops (forequarters or chump)
2 tbsp oil
1 small tin crushed pineapple
3/4 cup seeded raisins
2 oranges - peeled and sliced
1/2 cup honey
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice

Method: Brown chops in oil then place in a casserole dish. Mix together remaining ingredients and pour over chops. Bake in moderate-slow oven for 30-40 minutes or until chops are tender. Delicious when served with rice and green vegetables.

Source: Kangaroo Island Honey Cookbook. Compiled by Mildred Willson to raise funds for Kangaroo Island Anglican Parish (Fourth Edition, 2021 [Openbook Howden Print & Design, St Mary's SA ISBN: 0-646-16341-8]), p.17.

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Grandma Maloney's Honey Biscuits

3 lb honey (melted with cup of sugar)
8 beaten eggs
3-4 lb flour, with 4 tsp carb soda
cinnamon or ground ginger

Method: Combine all ingredients. Leave overnight. Knead, roll, cut into shapes. Cook about 10 minutes on medium heat.

Source: Kangaroo Island Honey Cookbook. Compiled by Mildred Willson to raise funds for Kangaroo Island Anglican Parish (Fourth Edition, 2021 [Openbook Howden Print & Design, St Mary's SA ISBN: 0-646-16341-8]), p.29.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Lamb Tropic Style

Pineapple Pieces; Green Pepper; 1 Cup Celery; Large Onion; 2 Tablespoons Butter; Lamb or Mutton; 1 Dessertspoon Cornflour; 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce; 1 Tablespoon Vinegar; Salt, Pepper and Pineapple Juice.

Method: Fry pineapple, onion, celery, green pepper in butter until tender. Remove from pan, add cubed meat, mix cornflour with a little pineapple juice, add rest of juice, sauce, and vinegar. Add to meat. Cook until meat is tender and add vegetable, pineapple, salt and pepper.

Source: contributed by Mrs. J. C. Crane in The Best of Everything. Compiled by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Naracoorte Hospital (Naracoorte, 1970), p. 37.

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Ham and Gherkin Dip

250 gm cream cheese
1 egg
2 slices ham
4 Tbsp sugar
2 gherkins, chopped
1 small piece butter
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp mustard
6 Tbsp milk

Method: Melt butter over low heat, add beaten egg, sugar and cheese. Leave on heat until it melts. Add mustard, vinegar, pepper, salt, milk and onion. Leave on heat to thicken. Put in a bowl and beat with hand beater. Add gherkins and finely chopped ham.

Source: contributed by Christine Hills in A Collection of Favourite Recipes - The Point Turton Progress Association ("All proceeds from the sale of this book will go toward improvements to the Point Turton Playground"). (n.p., 1995), p.10.
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