Port and Ginger

(Served with Savouries)

Place 2 or 3 ice cubes in a tall glass. Add 3 oz. Port, a slice of lemon, and fill with ginger beer. Stir slightly.

Source: Selected Recipes Compiled by Port Pirie Branch Royal District and Bush Nursing Society (Port Pirie: 1966), p.13.

Happy New Year: Strawberry Bowle

1 punnet of strawberries

1 tablespoon sugar

1 bottle white wine

1 bottle sparkling white wine, cold

1/4 cup brandy

ice cubes

Method: Wash, hull and halve strawberries. Place in punch bowl with sugar and white wine. Leave several hours. Add brandy, ice cubes and then sparkling wine just before serving.

Source: contributed by J. Fox in The Princess Royal Cookbook compiled by a sub-committee of The Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Australia (Kent Town: Peacock Publications, 1984 reprint of 1981 first edition; ISBN 0909209502), p.104.