Dessert from the Shelf

1 small tin sliced peaches or apricot halves, 1/2 cup cream or evaporated milk, 3/4 cup plain flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed, 1 level tsp cinnamon, pinch salt, 2 oz butter or margarine.

Method: Drain fruit. Arrange in 9 in. tart plate, pour milk or cream over it. Sift flour, salt, sugar and cinnamon. Rub butter in lightly with tips of fingers. Sprinkle top over fruit. Bake in moderate oven until crumbs are brown - about 15 mins. Serve while still warm with cream.

Source: contributed by B. Roocke in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition, p.56.

Peanut Scrambles (uncooked recipe)

8 oz peanuts, 8 oz sultanas, 4 oz drinking chocolate, 4 oz icing sugar, 2 cups rice bubbles, 8 oz copha.

Method: Melt copha and add other ingredients. Drop in clusters on greased paper and leave to set.

Source: contributed by H. Keller in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition, p.107.

Tuna Crisp

Melt 3 oz butter in a large saucepan. Saute 1 finely chopped onion in butter. Stir in 4 Tbls of flour and 1 oz powdered milk. Cook for 1 minute. Gradually add 3 cups of water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes stirring constantly. Add 1 x 425 can of drained flaked tuna, 1 cup cooked peas and 1 cup of grated cheese. Season to taste. Pour into greased casserole dish. Sprinkle over 1/4 cup cornflake crumbs. Dot a little butter and bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes. Serves 4-5.

Source: contributed by Jill Sanders in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition, p.45.

Crunchy Fruit Ring

3 cups cornflakes, good Tbls butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, stewed apples or any other fruit (very tasty with grapes).

Method: Melt butter and sugar slowly in a fairly large saucepan until light caramel colour. Lightly mix in cornflakes, toss them until thoroughly coated with syrup. Pack this into a buttered ring mould. Set aside until nearly, but not quite, cold. Lever out on to platter and fill with fruit. Serve immediately with cream or ice cream.

Source: contributed by C. Hewton in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition, p.55.

Delicious Steak

1 lb steak, 1 Tbls flour, 1 Tbls sugar, 1 Tbls vinegar, 2 Tbls tomato sauce, 1 tsp mustard, salt, pepper.

Method: Cut steak into pieces and roll in mixture made of flour, sugar, mustard, salt and pepper. Place in oven proof dish, cover with water. Add vinegar and tomato sauce. Cook slowly for 2 hours.

Source: contributed by B. Bastian in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition, p.28.

Economical Potato Cake

3/4 cup mashed cold potato, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup cold milk, 2 cups SR flour, 1 cup chopped raisins, grated rind of 1 orange.

Method: Mix ingredients well together and tip into small baking dish. Bake 40 mins. in moderate oven. When cold slice and butter.

Source: contributed by G. Woolford in Booleroo Centre Primary School 1885-1985 Centenary Recipe Book (Revised edition 1985 of 1970 edition, p.79.

Bran and Bean Meat Loaf

(yields 10 slices)

1&1/2 lb. [750 gm.] minced steak

1 onion finely chopped

1 egg

2 bacon stock cubes, crumbled

1 tablespoon tomato sauce

1&1/2 cups All-Bran

Small can bean mix, drained

Method: Grease 8" x 4" (20 cm. x 10 cm.) log tin. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Press into the greased tin and bake in a moderately hot oven for 1&1/4 hours.

Source: Better Health High Fibre Cookbook compiled by the Strathalbyn Kindergarten Committee (Hahndorf, S.A.: Fox Publishing, 1978), p.22.

Easy Pudding

1 dstspn. dripping

1/4 tspn. carb. soda

2 tbspns. currants

3/4 cup milk

2 tbspns. sugar

1/4 tspn. nutmeg

3/4 cup S.R. flour

Method: Cream dripping and sugar, add nutmeg and currants. Sift carb. soda with flour, add to other ingredients, stir. Mix with milk. This is a thin mixture. Tie in cloth and boil 1&1/2 - 2 hours. Can also be cooked in pudding basin.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.113.

Meat and Vege Puffs

cold cooked meat, diced

any left over vegetables

oil

Batter:

2 cups S.R. flour

Pinch salt

milk

1 egg

Method: Place flour, salt and egg in bowl. Mix well, slowly adding a little milk at a time until batter is smooth. Add diced meat and veg (meat and vegetables can be tinned) to batter. Spoon mixture into hot oil. Fry till golden brown. Serve with tomato and onion fried in margarine.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.84. [Bachelor]

Coleslaw with a Difference

1 large cabbage

1 large onion

1 green pepper

Put in layers in bowl.

Sprinkle one small cup sugar over but do not stir.

Boil together:

1 tspn mustard

1 tspn celery seeds

1 tspn salt

1 cup vinegar

3/4 cup salad oil

Do not stir this mixture, but pour straight over slaw, put in fridge overnight. Drain off excess dressing. This slaw will keep for two weeks if you keep adding cabbage to keep crisp.

Source: The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.91.

Seafood Cocktail Sauce

1 tin whipped evaporated milk

juice 4 lemons

1/2 tspn salt

pinch cayenne pepper

pinch nutmeg

2 tabspn Worcestershire sauce

3 packets tomato puree

(cream can be added)

Mix all together.

Source: contributed by Winsome Dinning in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.80.

Tomato & Spaghetti Preserve

Cook for 1 hour:

12 lb peeled, chopped tomatoes

5 large onions, chopped small

1 large cup sugar

2 dessertspn salt

1 level dessertspn curry

pepper

Strain through a sieve or blend. Cook 500 g packet of no. 1 spaghetti in salted water for 15 mins. Drain and add to pulp. Add 1/2 lb grated matured cheese and 1/2 lb butter. Bring to boil. Fill Fowler jars, sterilize 30 mins at 200F. This mixture deep freezes quite well.

Source: contributed by Mollie Ogden in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.88.

Tomato Jam - Raspberry Jam

6 lb ripe tomatoes

5 lb sugar

1 tin raspberry jam

1 bottle raspberry cordial - Bobo

Method: Chop tomatoes and boil 1/2 hour. Add sugar and boil 3/4 hour. Stand 5 mins. Add jam and cordial and stir well. Bottle while still hot.

Source: contributed by Marione Mansfield in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.85.

Cheese & Bacon Savoury

(Renamed "Rat Bait" by my teenage children - Phyllis Rohrsheim-Boucher)

Spread thickly with butter or margarine 6 slices of thinly sliced white bread. Cut to size required and place on oven tray and spread each piece with the cheese and bacon mixture:

The mixture -

1 cup grated tasty cheese

2 rashers bacon, finely chopped

1 tspn dry mustard

pinch cayenne pepper

Mix with one or two eggs to make a spreading paste.

Bake in moderate oven until golden brown. Delicious hot or cold.

Source: contributed by Phyllis Rohrsheim-Boucher in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.81.

Oeufs Mimosa

(I think this might be renamed "Wattle Eggs")

2 large eggs

200 g crab meat

mayonnaise

Method: 

Hard boil eggs. When cold, shell and cut into halves.

Remove yolks and keep aside.

Mix crab meat with a little mayonnaise, spoon this into white halves, arrange on a large dish, cover with a thin layer of mayonnaise and sprinkle with chopped yolks.

Source: contributed by Ann Szuster in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.80.

Salmon Mousse

2 & 1/2 dessertspn gelatine

1 & 3/4 cups hot water

1 teaspn salt

2 tabspn white vinegar

2 gherkins, finely diced

chopped olives (6)

1 tabspn green pepper diced

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup whipped cream

16 oz can salmon

Method: Dissolve gelatine in water, add salt, chill. When slightly thickened beat until consistency of whipped cream. Fold in vinegar, gherkins, olives, green pepper and then mayonnaise, cream and flaked salmon. Mix and turn into fish-shaped mould if you have one. Chill until firm. Turn onto a bed of shredded lettuce and watercress. Garnish with green mayonnaise. Serve with cucumber and tomato salad.

Source: contributed by Maurine Flint in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.79.

Quick & Tasty Meal

Butter one slice bread and make into cheese sandwich. Cut into squares and place in small heatproof dish. Pour over one beaten egg with small amount of milk, salt and pepper and a liberal sprinkling of cheese. Bake 30-45 minutes. Serve with green salad. Try adding chopped and sauteed bacon, cold mashed potato, left-over cauliflower, ham or asparagus, chopped parsley.

Source: contributed by Mary Roberts in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.78.

Purple Poison Punch

[Cooking Children Can Do With Supervision]

4 cups cold milk

2 cups chilled ginger ale

1 cup cold unsweetened grape juice

1 & 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream

Method: Combine all ingredients in punch bowl. Stir with ladle. Use spoon to cut icecream into small pieces. Serve punch with ladle, add a piece of icecream to each cup.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.139.

Minnie's Grandma's Gingerbread

8 oz butter

5 oz sugar

6 oz treacle

8 oz SR flour

1 egg

2 tabspn ground ginger

Method: Melt butter to oil, add sugar and treacle. Mix together until there is no "free oil" floating in it. Add ginger and flour sifted together. Mix well and add beaten egg. Line a lamington tin, 8" x 12". Put half almonds on top so that when cut a piece will be on each section. Bake in a moderate oven 40-45 mins.

Source: contributed by Mollie Ogden in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.47.

Juicy Roast Chicken

1.5 kg chicken pieces

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup white wine

Method: Place chicken pieces in shallow baking dish. Dot with butter. Roast uncovered at 350F for 30 mins. Blend soup and wine. Pour over chicken and bake uncovered for another hour. Chicken becomes golden brown, but stays very juicy.

Source: contributed by Maude Anderson in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.21.

Clam Delight

1 packet cream cheese

2 tspn lemon juice

1 tabspn grated onion

2 tspns Worcestershire sauce

3 drops Tabasco

1 can of clams (or smoked oysters)

chopped parsley

Method: Break up cheese. Add lemon juice, onion, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco and beat (or blend) until smooth. Stir in chopped clams and parsley. Serve with cracker biscuits.

Source: contributed by Jo Fuller in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.77.

Cheese and Jam Slice

1 & 1/2 cups plain flour

1/2 tspn baking powder

1/2 tspn salt

1 & 1/2 cups rolled oats

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

6 oz butter

4 oz tasty cheddar cheese, grated

3 tabspns apricot jam

Method: Sift flour, baking powder and salt, add next two ingredients. Work in butter till mixture is crumbly. Put half in greased 7" x 11" slab tin. Spread with jam and top with cheese. Press rest of mixture firmly over top. Bake in moderate oven 35-40 mins. Cut into slices whilst hot.

Source: contributed by Bonnie Fletcher in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.42.