Delicious Salad

1/2 head of celery chopped small
1/2 large onion chopped
1 medium carrot grated
1 apple chopped
small tin crushed pineapple
shallots chopped for added colour

Method: Mix together with mayonnaise and grated cheese.

Source: contributed by Alice in Kelly's Cook Book. A New Collection of Favourite Recipes published by 'The Golden Girls' Port Lincoln Uniting Church 1997 (Adelaide: Queens Court Press, 1997), p.41.

A Delicious Pudding

2 cups hot Water

3 tablespns. Cornflour

1 cup Sugar

Juice of a Lemon

3 whites of Egg

Pinch of Salt

Method: Mix the cornflour with a little cold water, pour on the hot water, add sugar and lemon juice; boil the whole for a few minutes. Beat the whites of 3 eggs to a stiff froth, add to this the hot cornflour by spoonfuls, the whole beaten together. Turn into a mould, when cold turn out. The yolks of egg used for a custard with 1/2 pint of milk, and poured round the mould.

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.25.

Savoury Cheese Balls

4 oz. softened butter

4 oz. grated mature cheese

4 oz. S.R. flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

Pinch cayenne pepper

Method: Mix all together and roll in balls. Roll in coconut. Press flat with fork and bake in a slow oven 25-30 minutes or till crisp. These are delicious.

Source: contributed by Mrs. A. V. Wurst (A.C.H. Wirrabara Auxiliary) in The Adelaide Children's Hospital Recipe Book 1982 (Adelaide: 1982), p.49.

A Delicious Celery Custard

Combine 1 cupful of celery cut in dice with 1 onion finely chopped. Cook both in 1 cupful of milk for five minutes, add salt and pepper, and pour over 2 beaten eggs. Bake in a buttered dish which has been placed in a pan of water for 1 hour.

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.13.

Chicken Delicious

1 young chicken dissected into serving pieces, sprinkle with paprika, salt and pepper. Place chicken pieces side by side in a flat roasting pan or large casserole. Mix 1 tin of gourmet mushroom soup with 1 cup cream, pour this over chicken pieces, sprinkle liberally with chopped parsely [sic], place uncovered in a moderate oven and cook until chicken is tender. Serve with mashed potatoes and green peas.

Source: contributed by Avis Scherer in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.7.