Sausage Casserole

3 cups cooked rice

1 onion, chopped

1 large can pineapple pieces

1kg sausages

Method: Cut Sausages into small pieces and cook with onion, in frypan. Add pineapple and rice and heat through. Serves 6.

Source: contributed by Helen Warner (A.C.H. Coonalpyn Auxiliary) in The Adelaide Children's Hospital Recipe Book 1982 (Adelaide: 1982), p.19.

Curry Curlies

750gm packet pre-rolled puff pastry/ 7 Ozs. butter (185g)[/] 2 teas. curry powder/ 250gm potato chips/

Method: Cut pastry into 1/2" strips, brush both sides of strip with combined melted butter and curry powder.

Lightly press finely crushed potato chips on both sides, twist to curl.

Place on lightly greased ovlen [sic] trays, bake in moderately hot oven 8 mins. or until goldlen [sic] brown. Makes about 70.

Source: Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.46.

Tuna Salad

Can tuna, drained, can corn drained, 1 chopped onion -- mix all well to-gether -- mix with mayonaisse [sic] -- decorate with parsley.

Source: Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.34.

Tit Bits (very tasty)

1 pkt nutri grain, 1 pkt cream of chicken soup, 1 pkt French onion soup, 2 pkts salted peanuts, 1 level dsp curry powder, 1/2 cup warm oil.

Method: Mix all dry ingredients together and then add warm oil and stir well. Keep in airtight container.

Source: contributed by Raelene Bastian in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition), p.21.

Win's Pudding

Cream 1/4 cup marg and 2 tabs. sugar, add 1 beaten egg then 1 cup SR Flour and 2 tabs. milk.

Put into greased pyrex dish, add 3 slices [?sliced] bananas with juice 1/2 lemon sprinkled on them. Then add 2 tabs. melted butter and pour over cake an[d] bananas. Sprinkle over brown sugar, 1/2 teas. cinnamon and grated orange rind (optional)[.] Bake 1/2 hour in[ ]oven.

Source: contributed by Win Mathews in Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.27.

Asparagus and Ham Mornay

1 large tin asparagus cuts, 1 large tin asparagus soup, 1 heaped Tbls butter, 4 Tbls plain flour, 1/2 pint milk, 4 oz ham (diced), 2 hard-boiled eggs (chopped), 1 onion, 1/2 cup grated cheese, parsley, breadcrumbs and butter for topping.

Method: Make white sauce using milk, asparagus liquid, soup (undiluted) and flour. Chop onion finely and cook in a saucepan with 1 Tbls butter till tender (keep lid on to prevent browning). Combine cheese, ham, asparagus, eggs, parsley with sauce and onion. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and dot with butter. Brown under griller or in oven.

Source: contributed by A. Arthur in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition), p.23.

Kye Sye Min (Australian Style)

1 lb mince, 2 large onions, 1 tsp curry powder, 1 pkt chicken noodle soup, salt, pepper, celery, 1/2 lb beans, 1/2 cabbage (use as much as required).

Method: Brown meat in 2 Tbls margarine. Add chopped onion and cook. Add curry powder, salt, pepper, soup and 2 cups water. Add beans, chopped celery and shredded cabbage. (1 carrot and 1 tsp soy sauce may be added if desired.)

Source: contributed by M. Keller in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition), p.31.

Cheeseolettes

3 eggs, 2 oz SR flour (or plain flour with 1 tsp baking powder), 4 oz grated chedder [sic] cheese, 1 Tbls grated onion, 2 Tbls chopped parsley, seasoning, butter for frying.

Method: Blend all ingredients together. Heat butter in pan, drop spoonfuls of this mixture. Fry until crisp and golden brown, turn, brown on the other side. Drain well. Serve with a dish of sliced tomato and crisp lettuce.

Source: contributed by S. Vance in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition), p.15.

Chicken Cooked in Coke

1 kg chicken pieces (depending on amount of people)

1 pkt. French onion soup

1 onion

1 capsicum (red or green)

1 sml. can champignons (optional)

1 carrot, diced

3/4 cup peas

1 litre bottle coke

Method: Lightly brown chicken pieces in frypan. When browned take out and drain, also drain fat out of frypan. Replace chicken pieces in frypan. Pour coke over so chicken is covered, add french onion soup, onion, capsicum, carrot and champignons. Simmer for 45-60 minutes. Add peas last. The coke will go into a gravy. It does not sound very nice, but it is beautiful. You can use diet coke or tab. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.93.

Sultana Slice

125g butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup S.R. flour

1 cup sultanas

1 egg

1 cup crushed cornflakes

1/2 tspn. vanilla

Method: Put all dry ingredients in a bowl. Lightly beat egg and add to dry mixture. Mix thoroughly. Melt butter and pour over mix. Stir well. Press into greased lamington tin. Bake in moderate oven for 30 mins. Cut into fingers while still warm. Do not ice.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.149.

Bobotie: A South African Dish

2 medium sliced onions

2 tblspns butter

2 lbs mince meat

1&1/4 cups milk

1 teaspoon salt

1 tblspn curry powder

1 thick slice bread

2 eggs

Method: Fry the sliced onions in the butter until lightly browned. Sprinkle the curry powder over the onions, add salt, and meat and mix well together. Soak the bread in the milk, then drain off the milk, mash the bread with a fork and add it to the meat mixture, together with 1 beaten egg. Turn into a buttered pie-dish. Add sufficient milk to the milk drained from the bread to make up to 3/4 cup. Beat the remaining egg and mix it with the milk. Season with salt & pepper & pour this over the meat mixture in the pie-dish. Dot with small bits of butter over the top & stand the pie-dish in another pan of water. Bake gently for 30 - 40 minutes at 350F.

Source: Cook Book: St Joseph's School, Clare (Clare: St Joseph's School, 1991), p.22.

Quick Quiche

3-4 eggs

2 rashers bacon, chopped

1 cup grated cheese

1 cup milk

1 onion, chopped

salt & pepper

3/4 cup pastry mix

Method: Beat eggs, add milk and pastry mix. Mix for a couple of minutes. Pour into greased pie dish.

Sprinkle onion, bacon and cheese into dish and bake in moderate oven for 50 minutes.

Serves - 4-5 people

Source: Recommended by J. Drew in The Wentworth Private Residential Care Cookbook (Aberfoyle Park [Adelaide], ?2008), p.11.

Easy Tasty Tit Bits

1 loaf Promax thin sliced bread

1/2 cup butter or margarine

Method: Into butter toss 1 or 2 dstspns. French Onion Soup powder (to taste). Spread bread on both sides, cut off crusts and toast in oven (both sides) or in a vertical griller. When almost cold cut the toasted bread into shapes. Keeps for quite some time.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.8.

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Porcupine Meat Balls

1 pkt. Beef Rice-a-Riso, 1 lb. Hamburger mince, 1/2 lb. sausage meat if liked, 1 grated onion, 2 tabs oil, 3/4 pint water, 1 tabs. Holbrooks Worcestershire sauce, 1x10 oz. can tomato soup

Method: Thoroughly combine uncooked rice-a-riso, and the sachet contents with meats and onion, shape into balls with wetted hands. Brown in heated pain (with oil), shaking continuously.

Combine soup, water and sauce and pour over meat balls. Simmer with lid on for 25-30 minutes, or until meat balls are tender. Serve with vegetables. This is quite nice just using plain rice and you can always add extra flavouring to replace the sachet contents from Packet mix.

Source: Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.43.

Avocado Carbonara

1&1/2 cups small spiral pasta, 2 rashes [sic] bacon, 2 tabs. butter, 1 Avocada [sic] (diced), 60gm cheddar cheese grated, 4 tabs. crea[m], 1 egg, pepper to taste

Method: Cook pasta in slightly salted boiling water. Saute bacon in butter, add the avocado, the drained cooked pasta, cheddar cheese, cream[,] egg and pepper - mix thoroughly to-gether. Heat through and serve on a heated plate. Serves 4 as an entree. Freezes wel[l]. Egg is not necessary. Sliced mushrooms, cooked with bacon and added is tasty.

Source: Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.40.

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.

Gipsy Rascals

1 tin Condensed Milk

1/2 lb. crushed Biscuits

2 cups chopped Nuts

2 tablespoons Sherry

1/2 cup Mixed Fruit

2 tablespoons Cocoa

Method: Mix all ingredients together and roll in coconut. Leave to set. Keep in refrigerator.

Source: Recipes for Slices and Snacks: Heartbeat Inc. Assistance Group, Adelaide Central Branch (Adelaide: n.d. [early 1980s?]), p.71.

Chatty Prawn Balls

This is a delicious appetiser, for nibbling with a good champagne or chardonnay.

1 can sweetcorn kernels

1kg green prawns, peeled and chopped

1 tblsp plain flour

1 tblsp cornflour

1 tblsp turmeric, ground

1 red chilli, finely chopped (optional)

2 eggs

3 spring onions, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Olive oil or veg for frying

Some fresh chopped coriander

Method: Place sweetcorn in a food processor at high speed for 1 minute. Add all other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Heat oil in frypan until it starts to smoke, then drop tablespoons of mixture into hot oil and fry all over until golden brown. Drain on paper towels, serve hot or cold. Makes lots.

Source: Contributed by Andrea Fuller, Streaky Bay SA in W.I.N. and Cook with S.A. Seafood: Women's Industry Network 'Working for the SA Seafood Industry' Seafood Recipe Book (Adelaide: c1994-1997), p.34.

Spinster Buttons

10 ozs. SR flour

2 eggs

4 ozs. butter

essence of lemon

Method: Rub butter into flour, beat eggs and sugar together, take pieces the size of a walnut, roll in hands and flatten, dip sides in sugar, and bake in oven for 10 minutes.

Source: The Golden Wattle Cookery Book. Compiled by Ladies of the Kindergarten Committee. In aid of Kindergarten Funds. (Lobethal: 1948), p.75.

Note: sugar omitted from ingredients -

However, see a likely source in the faithful Green and Gold Cookery Book. Containing many good and proved recipes. Seventeenth edition (Revised). Issued by the Combined Congregational and Baptist Churches of South Australia in the interests of King's College (Adelaide, n.d. [?1944]):

Banana and Bacon Scones

1 lb. S.R. flour

Pinch salt

3 oz. butter

2 rashers bacon

2 bananas, mashed

1/2 pint milk, approx.

Method: Sift flour and salt into basin and rub in butter. Cut bacon into small pieces and cook it until crisp, and pour off the fat. Add the bacon to the flour mixture. Combined the mashed bananas and milk, then stir into the other ingredients to form a soft dough. Kneed on a lightly floured board, roll out to 1/2 in. thickness and cut into rounds. Place on scone tray, glaze with milk and cook at 450F gas, 500F elec., 12-15 minutes.

Source: Delicious Pork Recipes. Presented by the Australian Pig Society (S.A. Branch) & United Farmers & Graziers of S.A. (Adelaide: c1968-70), n.p.

Childrens Punch

1 pkt. raspberry jelly crystals

1 pint boiling water

1 can concentrated orange juice

2 x 450g cans pineapple

juice of small lemon

2 small bottles ginger ale

1 small bottle soda water

1 cup fresh cherries (optional)

Method: Make up jelly, add juices. Chill. Before serving, add chilled soft drinks and icecubes. Float cherries on top (optional).

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.127. [Childrens Munchies for Parties]

Pork Chops in Pineapple

As many pork chops as required.

Method: Fry both sides of the pork chops for 5 minutes each and brown thoroughly. Lay the chops in a casserole dish, then brown in frying pan as many slices of pineapple as there are chops and place one on each chop. Pour over the following mixture.

1 tin pineapple juice, 1 bay leaf, 1 finely chopped celery stick in season, 2 cloves, 1 chopped onion, 1 garlic clove (this is optional). Bake in a moderate oven for 1&1/2 hours covering casserole with a lid. Serve with vegetables in season.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.100.