24 Hour Salad

In a Lasagne dish make layers of torn Lettuce or Spinach, chopped Celery, Spring Onions, frozen Peas, Broccoli or Cauliflower.

Spread an Egg Mayonnaise over the top and cover with coarsely grated Mozzarella Cheese.

Sprinkle with finely grated Parmesan Cheese.

Cover with cling-wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours. 

Serve covered with crisp Bacon pieces, Parsley and chopped, boiled Egg.

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.7

Champagne Punch

1&1/4 cups castor sugar

1&1/4 litres spark[l]ing mineral water

2 measures maraschino

2&1/4 litres champagne

2 measures brandy

2 measures Orange Curacao

Method: Put all ingredients in a large punch bowl containing plenty of ice cubes. Decorate with fruits in season. Serves 15 to 20 people.

Source: Cooking Barossa Style by the Ebenezer Community Centre (2000), p.84.

Tuna Supreme

Fry in 1 tbspn oil the following: 1/2 cup each of diced apple & green pepper, 1/4 cup each of diced onion and celery, 1 level dspn curry power. Add 1 pkt Continental cheese & Leek soup, & blend in 3/4 pt water & 1 chopped tomato. Stir in 1 lb tin of tuna. Serve with boiled rice.

Source: [Two Hundred] Well Tried Barossa Recipes: St John's Lutheran Ladies Guild, Tanunda (New Edition, March 1975 [1st = October 1974], p.11.

Asparagus Cheese Sandwich

30g butter

1 tspn. french mustard

4 slices bread

340g can asparagus spears, drained

3/4 cup grated tasty cheese

2 chopped shallots

paprika

Method: Combined butter and mustard in dish, cook on HIGH 30 seconds. Brush bread on both sides with mustard butter. Place two slices bread on flat dish, side by side. Place asparagus on top, cover with about 1/2 cup of cheese, top with remaining bread. Combine remaining cheese with shallots, sprinkle over bread, sprinkle lightly with paprika. Cook on HIGH 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.175.

Hawaiian Rice Salad

Toss together: 2 cups cooked rice, 1/2 cup Tongala mayonnaise or french dressing, 1 cup grated cheese, 1/2 cup grated carrot, 1/4 cup pineapple pieces.

Source: contributed by Shirley Rohrlach in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.18.

Image: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/279082508141178390/

Tongala dairy (Victoria) is no more: 

https://www.dairynewsaustralia.com.au/news/2019/09/26/794340/nestle-to-shut-vic-factory 

Substitute for Eggs

Take the pulp of 2 oranges, 1/2 pint vinegar, 1 tablespoon sugar. Mix all together. Let stand overnight. Next day boil for 10 minutes in closed jar. Use as needed. 1 tablespoon in place of 1 egg.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.215.