Ginger Cotton Tops

8 oz Ginger Biscuits (crushed)

2 tbsp Golden Syrup

4 oz Sultanas

3 oz melted Copha

Method: Mix well and place in tin.

TOPPINGS:

4 oz Icing Sugar, 2 oz melted Copha and 1 tsp grated Lemon rind. Mix well and spread on top of biscuit mixture. Set in 'fridge.

Source: Recipes Old and New (Dedicated to the many women who have worked in and for the Hutchinson Hospital during the last eighty years) [Gawler Health Services Joint Fund: November 1994], p.38.

Ginger Pie

1&1/2 pkts. ginger biscuits

1/4 lb. melted butter

Method: Mix together and line buttered pie plate with mixture.

Filling:

2 teacups water

6 tbspns. golden syrup

3 tbspns. custard powder

3 oz. chopped ginger

Method: Put all the above ingredients into a saucepan. Stir until it thickens - when cold add chopped ginger. Top with whipped cream.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.114.