(original recipe below)
4 cups water boiled with 1/2 cup sugar for 4 minutes. Cool.
Add 3/4 cup pure lemon juice. Ice well.
Serve with sprig of mint of lemon in each glass.
Maureen
Old Recipes - Impossible Tart
(original recipe below)
Grease a 10' pie dish
2 cups milk
4 eggs
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup margarine or butter (melted a little)
Method:
Beat well pour unto plate.
Bake at 400ºF 35-45 minutes
Suggestions for fillings:
Bacon, onions, & Cheese (Grated)
Asparagus & Cheese
Spinach & Cheese
Salmon & Cheese
Old Recipes - Honey Gingerbread & Honey Crisps
Honey Gingerbread
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Bicarb soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon ginger
4 cups butter
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup honey
1 cup boiling water
Method:
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and honey. Then dry ingredients stir in water. Cook in prepared lamington tin in a cool oven 40 to 45 minutes. Ice with lemon icing.
Honey Crisps
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 lb butter
1 dessertspoon honey
1 cup coconut
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup ??
Melt butter and honey, mix with dry ingredients - and press into a lamington tin. Bake in a moderate oven 12-20 minutes.
Old Recipes - Asparagus Casserole
(this recipe has some words we've not been able to read, in place of each unreadable word is ??, original recipe below)
1 tin asparagus pieces
5 to 6 hard boiled eggs
Method:
I ?? asparagus, use liquid of milk to make a running white sauce. Serve with pepper and salt.
Put into casserole asparagus pieces & place hard boiled eggs & ?? sauce over them & take about 10 minutes.
Grate cheese on top if liked.
Old Recipes - Choc Roughs
(original recipe below)
(10 1/2 oz) 1/2 lb choc ripples
(1/3) 1 cup coconut
(2 3/4) 2 level tablespoons cocoa
(1) 3/4 tin sweetened condensed milk
Copha
Method:
Break up biscuits roughly and mix with other ingredients.
Put in spoonfuls on tray to set in fridge.
With heaped a cupful of drink choc.
Use 2 forks to dip balls in mix to coat and return to fridge to set.
Old Recipes - Curry Recipe
(this recipe has some words we've not been able to read, in place of each unreadable word is ??, original recipe below)
Cut 3lb of steak fillet into pieces.
Thinly slice about 1lb white onions, 3 cloves of garlic, 3 fresh chilies
Heat about 4 oz ghee ?? ?? light flour - add onion and garlic and chillies until soft – then add about 5 dessertspoons of Pat?? curry paste.
When well ??? away, add meat to brown and coat well
Add about 4o oz creamed coconut (eg M??) preferably crumbled
Grind in ?? of fresh pepper for about 6 seconds.
Add teaspoon of Monosodium Glutamate
Cl?? ?? and slice of lemon and add
Add (about 1/2 teaspoon each)
Ginger
Paprika
Chilli powder
plus 3 cardamon pods (whole)
and a few curry leaves
Dessertspoons of beef ? and beef cubes.
Add small quantity of salt - say 1/2 level teaspoon
Add about 10 oz ?? - not too ?? then stay
Transfer to lowish oven till simmering and ?? until meat is barely cooked.
Refrigerate for 2-3 days
On day of eating, gently reheat in oven – do not skim
When melted add 5 oz sour cream
Correct for salt, add more pepper
Simmer in oven until meat is completely ??
Side Dishes:
Poppadoms cooked in oil or copha
Prawn crackers
Boiled egg and paprika
Chopped onions, capsicum, sprinkle onions with a little oil
Bananas
Cucumber & yoghurt
Sweet chutney
Old Recipes - Chocolate Sponge
(this recipe has some words we've not been able to read, in place of each unreadable word is ??, original recipe below)
4 eggs
1 cup caster sugar
1 cup self raising flour
2 ?? of ?? milk - warm
Cocoa
Method:
Beat egg whites, add sugar, beat together, add egg yolks, fold in sifted flour, warm milk & add butter to it, fold ??.
Bake in a moderate oven.
25 minutes.
Old Recipes - Chicken Soup Recipe
(original recipe below)
4 chicken thighs - cover with water 3/4 way up 2nd size saucepan
Bring to boil and simmer for 1 hour.
Remove skin off thighs and chop them up and add:
1 grated carrot
1 grated potato
2 sticks of celery diced
1 onion diced
2 chicken cubes
1 375 gram can cream corn
1 tin chicken soup
Salt if required.
Method:
Add all ingredients and simmer for 30-45 minutes or until vegetables are cooked.
Old Recipes - Brandied Fruit
(this recipe has some words we've not been able to read, in place of each unreadable word is ??, original recipe below)
1 cup blanched almonds
1/2 cup sultanas
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup stoned prunes
1 ?? tin sliced peaches
1 tin cherries
1 ?? tin pineapple pieces
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 brandy
Method:
Pour canned juices ?? sugar, cook gently slowly for 10 minutes.
?? & add brandy.
Serve with ice cream & whipped cream.
Old Recipes - Tomato Kasoundi
(original recipe below)
90g black mustard seeds
250g chopped fresh ginger
500g malt vinegar
125 chopped garlic
60g green chillies (seeds removed if wished)
2kg ripe tomatoes chopped finely
250ml oil
30g tumeric powder
90g cumin powder
60g chilli powder
250g brown sugar
60-90g salt
Method:
Mince ginger, garlic & chillies with 50g vinegar.
Heat oil until very hot, add mustard, turmeric, cumin, chilli powder. Stir as you cook for 5 minutes. Add garlic, ginger and chilli and cook a further 5 minutes.
Add tomatoes, salt, vinegar and sugar.
Cook at a simmer, for 60-90 minutes.
It is done when the oil comes to the top.
Old Recipes - Carrot & Pineapple Salad
(original recipe below)
1 packet Orange jelly crystals
1 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons vinegar
1/2 teaspoon mustard
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup crushed pineapple
Method:
Dissolve jelly crystals in boiling water, add vinegar, mustard and salt.
Cool slightly, add pineapple juice, carrot and pineapple.
Set in fridge.
Old Recipes - Betty's Quiche
(original recipe below)
3/4 cup Pastry Mix
3/4 cup grated cheese
3 eggs
3 rashers bacon
1 1/2 cups of milk of cream
1 large onion
Zucchini, parsley, carrot, broccoli or whatever (1 cup)
Method:
Mix together in bowl.
40 minutes in a moderate oven.
Seasoning if needed.
Old Recipes - Apricot & Coconut Slice
(original recipe below)
4 oz margarine
3/4 cup raw sugar
1/4 cup almond meal
1 egg
1 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup plain flour
3/4 cup coconut
3 oz dried apricots
Method:
Cut apricots & soak in hot water – 15 minutes.
Melt margarine, add sugar & almond meal, dissolve over heat, cool slightly.
Add beaten egg, mix in well.
Add sifted flours, mix in well.
Add coconut, mix in well.
Add strained apricots, mix in.
If a little dry, add a little water from strained apricots.
Pit in slice tin, well greased, bake in moderate oven 25 minutes. When cool ice with lemon icing, top with coconut.
Slice when cold. Leave 2 days before eating.
Old Recipes - Cottage Pie with Lentils and Vegetables
(original recipe photos below)
220 grams (7 oz) red lentils, washed
2 bay leaves
4 cups assorted chipped vegetables, carrots, Brussel Sprouts, zucchini, cauliflower or any preferred mixture
3 cups hot mashed potato (about 6 potatoes) mashed with skim milk
2 teaspoons sesame seeds
1/4 teaspoon paprika
Sauce
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 cups lentil cooking stock
1/4 cup tomato paste
1 1/2 tablespoon cornflour
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup chopped parsley
Method:
Place lentils & bay leaves in pan, cover with water, bring to boil. simmer covered 15 minutes. Drain, reserve stock for sauce. Remove bay leaves. Spread over base of 2 litre oven proof dish.
Steam or microwave vegetables for 5 minutes until just tender. Place on top of lentils.
Spoon over sauce. Top with mashed potatoes, sprinkle with sesame and paprika. Bake in a moderate oven 40 minutes.
Sauce:
Heat oil in pan, cook onion 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, add garlic, lentil stock & tomatoes paste.
Bring to boil, add combined cornflour & water & parsley.
Cook until sauce boils & thickens, reduce heat, simmer 5 minutes.
Serves 4 as vegetarian meal or more if accompaniment with meat, etc.
Old Recipes - Cumquat Jam
(original recipe below)
2 1/4 lbs cumquats
2 1/4 Pints water
4 1/4 lbs sugar
Method:
Cut up overnight.
Boil till soft, then add sugar.
Boil rapidly till set.
Old Recipes - Salmon Dip
(original recipe below)
250 grams Tin Red Salmon
225 grams Packet Cream Cheese
4 shallots (chopped finely)
2 tablespoons parsley (chopped)
Dash paprika
1 tablespoon cream
Method:
Beat salmon and cream cheese together in (in processor) until smooth, add cream and onion.
Fold in paprika and parsley.
Leave in fridge for 1 hour.
Old Recipes - Sultana Sherry Cake
(there were two recipes for this cake in the collection we had, both are below)
1/2 lb butter
1 dessertspoon Cornflour
5 ozs Self Raising Flour
3 eggs
1 lb Sultanas (or mixed fruit)
1/4 cup Sherry
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup water
5 ozs plain flour
pinch salt
3/4 cup water
Almonds (optional)
Method:
Mix cornflour with 1/2 water. Boil gently together the sultanas, sherry & 3/4 cup water until liquid is absorbed. Put aside to cool.
Cream butter & sugar, stir in the cornflour mixture.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
Stir in sifted flours and fruit.
Turn into a lined 8" tin. Bake in a moderate oven 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
Do what you like with the almonds.
Old Recipes - Savoury Meat Loaf
(original photo below)
1kg sausage meat
Bacon pieces
Medium chopped onion
1 teaspoon mixed herbs
1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs
Salt & Pepper
Method:
Mix all ingredients together, roll in dry floured cloth & boil for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, remove from cloth and roll in breadcrumbs.
Leave to cool.
Old Recipes - Parsnips - Southern Style
Notes: This is the first recipe where there's a few words that are hard to read, see photo of original recipe below.
2 medium size Parsnips (par boiled)
2 oz melted butter
2 oz brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 teaspoons salt
Method:
Cut par boiled parsnips into thin slices - put in a pregreased ovenware dish and pour melted butter over the parsnips.
Mix the the salt, mustard and sugar and sprinkle over top.
Brown in a med oven 375ºF for 20 minutes. (serves 6 with meat)
Old Recipes - 3 Minute Cake
(original photos of recipe below)
3/4 cup castor sugar
1 cup self raising flour
Pinch salt
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
2 dessertspoon cocoa
1 tablespoon butter
Vanilla
Put sifted flour, salt, cocoa, sugar into a basin, add beaten egg, melted butter, milk, vanilla. Stir al together for 2 minutes.
Put in a well lined greased tin, bake for 35 to 45 minutes in a hot oven turned low.
